HIST 151 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. Chapter 16: “Reconstruction 1863-1877”Outline of Current Lecture II. Chapter 16: “Reconstruction 1863-1877” Cont.- Constitutional Amendment 14- Radical Republicans and “Waving the Bloody Shirt”- Ku Klux KlanCurrent LectureConstitutional Amendment 14- Also known as the “equal protection” amendment- Federal approach regarding the South’s continuous regression - States cannot abridge the rights of its inhabitants- Any citizen born or naturalized in the United States, regardless of race, ethnic relation, or servitude is considered a citizen.o Any citizen is entitled to all rights issued by the Constitution (1866)Radical Republicans and “Waving the Bloody Shirt”- Republicans dominated the Reconstruction era- Radicals – anti-slavery, pro-north, supporters of equal rights- Radicals often fought Lincoln during his presidency (at the beginning of the war, Lincoln was neither an agitator or a radical, he simply protested against the expansion of slavery, he did not wish to abolish slavery until the end of the war came near.)- Notorious Radical Republicans: Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner- Radicals detested the South and did not pity their choices to secede, they often replied to the South’s pleas for help with the response, “You should have thought about the outcomes of your actions before you decided to secede the Union” – i.e. “waving the bloody shirt” which is a form of tauntingThe Ku Klux Klan- America’s Homegrown terrorists: KKK established in 1866- Nathan Bedford Forrest, brilliant and former Tennessee Confederate officer gathered a few of his old comrades at a local pub in Tennessee to reminisce about the war, they wished to These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.devise a plan to strike against the newly released Freedmen, eventually the KKK was established- The Klan not only targeted Freedmen, but also the Freedmen’s supporters who were often white. - Today, the Klan is in its third lifespan, and is still
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