Hist 2010 1st edition Lecture 34Outline of Last Lecture IV. Civil War as First Modern WarV. The Home Front: Myth of a United North & SouthVI. Why the South Lost the War: What Historians SayVII. Legacies of the Civil WarOutline of Current LectureI. The Crisis of ReconstructionII. Legacies of ReconstructionCurrent lectureI. The Crisis of Reconstruction Takes place in two fazes Presidential: president plan is being follow Lincoln was killed April 16 1863 after Lee surrendered Andrew Johnson- Rigid difficult to get along withRequires the confederates to:1. Must take an oath of loyalty to the U.S. Future loyalty to the U.S.- high ranker confederate leaders were excluded from this2. Took every southern state that left an appointed a government for each one of the those - government was supposed to call for a convention of delegates for each of the states- to declare the secession was an illegal act - had to refuse any debt that was due- ratify a branch new amendments 13th abolished slavery - write a new constitution and every was good 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.- ended slavery Southern defiance1. State constitutional conventions - they are very slow to admit secession was illegal - slow to right off war debt loans were made in good faith and should be paid back- 13th didn't like that and formally admit Slavery was over - MS Didn't ratify the amendment till 20132. Elections they held we see another example bc the elect former confederate officers - It is not remorse its defiance 3. Black codes- restrictions against the freed man - they couldn't own business and farms because they wouldn't them to be an available labor force 4. Riots and Violence Congressional reconstruction - wipe the slate clean from Johnson’s plan 1. Radical republicans - wanted to punish south2. Moderates join radicals- Johnson pushes this movement to happen- they form the congressional reconstruction 3. Reconstruction act of 1867- wants to keep the confederates from voting - iron clad oath means that not only are you loyal but you didn’t participants in the south rebellionand they cousins vote4. 14th amendment - makes American citizens out of anyone born in the U.S.- -for the freedman to be granted American citizenship - guarantees equal protection under the law- can't treat people differently under the law - most important in fed cort cases5. 15th amendment - can't if former servitude prohibit a person from voting Reception by southern white democrats 1. White resistance (KKK) 2. Whites restablish control- intensity room and violence 3. Disputed ores election of 1876- Rutherford B Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden - 185 electric votes are needed to win White House - 184 Tilden 166 Hayes - three states where the voting is disputed which means in SC FL and LA the government can't revisited votes because there's to0 much violence - 8 republicans and 7 democrats and they decided to award 19 votes to Hayes 4. Compromise of 1877- ends reconstruction 1877- republicans get Hayes for president - democrats get that Hayes administration will not ask question about how the democrats took back over the governments of the south - freedman got out of this the south agreed to respect the rights and freedom. Of the former slaves ENDS RECONSTRUCTION Legacies of reconstruction (unfinished)A. Discrimination by democratic governmentB. Building blocks 1. 13th ,14th ,15th amendments C. Reconstruction opportunity to do the right thing - southern had the opportunity to do the right thing- to just say yes we were wrong BUT they tried to recreate the OLD SOUTHD. Reconstruction unfinished: Civil rights movements necessary - 100 years later an Attempt the finish the thing civil rights movement - Part 2- ironic that the Civil rights movement is based on the 15th and 14th
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