AMH 2020 Key Terms Rikki Silhavy Carpet Baggers Scalawags thief or a southerner who betrayed the South Acted like a northerner William T Sherman Fed 1865 Field Order Number 15 Feb 1865 granting every slave in narrow land 40 arcs and a mule North of Jacksonville to Hilton head Just those slaves none received Sea Islands Benjamin Wade Ohio Henry Davis Maryland Wade Davis Bill Majority of whites male s citizens not 10 Iron clad oath declaring they had never aided the CSA High ranking officials and officers NOT eligible Andrew Johnson took over when Lincoln was killed From Tennessee Hills no slaves east He blamed the rich for the war Freedman s Bureau between former slaves and help the problems 1619 1865 hate from poor whites and southern many problems Black Codes clacks cant stick together Cannot be out at night without a note from a white citizen Mississippi Plan Anyone can vote regardless or race As long as following the rules Poll tax No crops only cash money Have to be able to read Prove that you have residency Sharecropping Peonage legally bound to land Cannot break poverty Slavery Repaying and forced to work or jail Rutherford B Hayes republican 1877 electing party who freed slaves Takes north Won election Samuel Tilden democrat 1877 election from New York Takes south Given money and takes away American soldiers No federal troops Reconstruction o Tragic North tried to exploit the South o KKK was told as hero s to come save the day to defend the truth o 40 arcs and a mule failure o Goals for reconstruction Punish the CSA Readmit Southern States Protect and assimilate the freedmen 13th amendment no slavery Free slaves 14th amendment slaves get legal citizen rights 15th amendment prevents Rebuild the South union union End of Civil War Lincoln is president his goal was to preserve the o Only 10 of the state had to take oath to get back into the Radical republicans not lenient on confederates Almost all confederates will be let back in as citizens Same as before war General Amnesty by 1872 south farming by former slaves Freedman s Bureau Pros Reuniting former slaves Education Cons Compromising Black Rights Compromise of 1877 election year Many changes Gives south back the south Republican won Hayes Takes federal troops Took on too much Spread too thin Corrupt administration Hostility from south Violations Black codes Violence Peonage Inability to vote Civil War took 2 3 south wealth South has crops Crop lien system 50 50 Political Representation The Mississippi Plan The grandfather clause if your grandfather voted then the Mississippi does not apply to you Reconstruction Northerners would load there carpet bags and head south bad guys South is describes as an innocent person whose a slave Scalawag is a villain it s a thief but also a southerner who betrayed the south by taking on a northern mindset The hero was the south the KKK they were originally perceived as virtuous of the truth 40 acres and a mule William t Sherman was a general of the union and burned his way across the south In February 1865 he enacted field order 15 granting every slave in a narrow stretch of land along the sea islands 40 acres and a mule It hugs the coast line from Jacksonville to south Carolina but they never got any and it was eventually given back to the white owners Goals of reconstruction Punish the CSA Readmit southern states Yes Protect and assimilate the freedmen no 13th amendment abolishes slavery 14th amendment makes slaves citizens 15th amendment prevents the state from taking away a right simply because of race right to vote Rebuild the south As the war is coming to a end Lincoln is the president his major plan was to preserve the union NOT to abolish slavery he was trying to keep slavery where it was He treated the confederacy good and lenient when they were coming back into the fold Radical Republicans are not going to be lenient towards the confederacy they treat them as though they are a conquered nation Congressional reconstruction Benjamin Wade OH Henry Davis MD Wade Davis Bill Majority of white male citizens NOT 10 High ranking officials and officers NOT eligible for citizenship Lincolns plan is very lose and he gets assassinated Andrew Johnson takes over was VP TN He blamed the planter and came up with a plan to let them back in Iron clad oath declaring they had never aided the CSA It was suppose to assist the republican party if they apologized Almost every confederate got amnesty he blamed the rich for the war all but 1 Its going to be very similar to how it was before the war even started Social reconstruction General Amnesty by 1872 The Freedmen The farming will be done by the former slaves The federal government sets up a agency known as the Freedman s Bureau It was originally set up for only 1 year A lot of hostility from poor whites Pros Reuniting former slaves Educations Cons Took on to much Spread too thin Corrupt administration Hostility from south Compromising Black Rights People in power tried to stay in power as long as they could No one wanted to vote for the party who freed the slaves former slaves and republicans voted for him Compromise of 1877 Predominantly a democratic strong hold Republicans Rutherford b Hayes Democrats Samuel Tilden from NY they have a strong hold in the south and in the middle have enough to take NY South vote for Tilden Republicans vote for Hayes 3 states are disputed Florida Louisiana south Carolina they give democrats certain laws that make it easier money and they remove the federal troops so its up to the south to govern themselves Violations Black codes cant be out after curfew without a white black men must be dispersed must have a note from a white man to be out late Violence birth of the KKK set up by Nathan Bedford forest the fed troops kept them in order now there left unregulated Inability to vote Peonage legally bound to the land cant break that cycle of poverty Share crop system Crop Lien the owner and the former slave work together in this sharing system 50 50 they cant leave legally forced to work that land and if you don t you could go to jail Peonage 2 3 of the wealth of the south is gone and slavery Political representation The Mississippi plan states that anyone can vote regardless of race as long as you meet a couple of rules A poll tax no crops accepted Literacy competency tests Residency requirements bring in identification or have a owner vogue for you White men cant pay the poll tax and probably are uneducated and don t
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