12+-+Reconstruction

David Bui

12: Reconstruction a) Presidential and Radical Reconstruction b) Southern state governments: aspirations, achievements, failures c) Role of African Americans in politics, education, and the economy d) Compromise of 1877 e) Impact of Reconstruction



A.) Presidential and Radical Reconstruction -Lincoln is assassinated and succeeded by Andrew Johnson -Confederate presidents lose power after losing Civil War -Black codes are in place to maintain a feeling of white supremacy in the south -Fourteenth Amendment is put into order which allows anyone born or naturalized in the United States to be recognized as a citizen -Fifteenth Amendment is adopted

B) Southern state governments: aspirations, achievements, failures -Much debate occurred on readmission of former Confederate states -Allowed to have Democrats run state governments -Successfully able to maintain a sense of power towards blacks by enacting special laws -Failed to remain a sovereign nation through use of state governments -Conservatives were the overall most effective leaders of south

C) Role of African Americans in politics -Still were overall a minority in political life because of harassment and laws within the south

D) Compromise of 1877 -Settled election between Tilden and Hayes -Democrats would abandon filibuster as long as Hayes withdrew troops from south -At least one southerner would be appointed to Hayes' cabinet -South would receive internal improvements and aid for Texas and Pacific Railroad -Hayes allowed south to set up its own governments to hopefully improve his public image

E) Impact of Reconstruction -Limited amount of former slaves gained greater freedom and improved lives -Southern states eventually rejoined the Union -Slavery was abolished -South became somewhat more industrialized

__**Sources:**__ Alan Brinkley, American Textbook