Results of Congressional Reconstruction

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Results of Congressional Reconstruction

• I. Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
• 1. Challenged Radical Republican Congress
• a. Went easy on the South
• -Pardoned Confederate leaders
• -10 Plan
• -Vetoed Reconstruction Act
• 2. Congress took his Military authority away
• a. Fired the Secretary of War anyway
• -Impeached
• -put on trial
• -Not Guilty

Johnson Impeachment Articles
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II. Carpetbaggers Scalawags

• 1. Carpetbaggers
• a. Northerners who moved south to
• run for office after the Civil War
• 2. Scalawags
• a. Southerners who held public
• office after the Civil War
• -viewed by Confederates
• as traitors
• 3. First African Americans to hold public office
• a. 16 elected to Congress
• -14 House
• -2 Senate
• b. Blanche K. Bruce
• c. Hiram Revels

Blanche K. Bruce
Hiram R. Revels
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III. Progress and Corruption

• 1. Progress
• a. Abolished many Black Codes
• b. Raised to rebuild South
• c. Built schools for former slaves
• d. Womens right to own property
• e. Enforce 13th 14th Amendments
• 2. Corruption
• a. Greed
• -Millions of stolen by dishonest
• government officials

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IV. A Reign of Terror

• 1. Ku Klux Klan
• a. White terrorist organization
• designed to strike fear into
• Freed slaves and Radical
• Republicans
• -burn churches homes
• -public lynchings
• 2. The Tragic Era
• a. Southern Democrats controlled South
• -Poll Tax Grandfather Clause
• Poor blacks unable to vote
• -Solid South
• -Former Confederates
• regained control of South

www.pbs.org/.../articles/ku_klux_klan.html
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V. The End of Reconstruction

• 1. Death of key Reconstruction leaders
• 2. Many Confederate leaders pardoned
• 3. Controversial deal
• a. Rutherford B. Hayes
• -given Southern disputed votes
• -removed Union troops from South

www.umich.edu/lawrace/votetour4.htm
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Questions

• 1. How did the Radical Republican justify the
  impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?
• 2. How did the tactics of the Ku Klux Klan help
  Southern Democrats regain control of the South?
• 3. Explain the deal that led to the end of the
  Reconstruction.