Socials

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Reconstruction

Period after the Civil War to rebuild the South and end slavery

Big Idea of Reconstruction

Slavery ended but equality did not

13th Amendment

Ended slavery

14th Amendment

Granted citizenship and equal protection

15th Amendment

Gave Black men the right to vote

Main Goal of Reconstruction

Rebuild the South and integrate formerly enslaved people

Southern Resistance

Efforts to stop Black equality

Black Codes

Laws meant to control Black people and preserve white supremacy

Violence During Reconstruction

Intimidation and attacks against Black citizens

Voting Restrictions

Poll taxes literacy tests and intimidation

Jim Crow Laws

Laws enforcing racial segregation

Freedom on paper oppression in practice

Rights existed legally but not in reality

Ku Klux Klan KKK

White supremacist terrorist organization

KKK Founded

1866

KKK Founders

Former Confederates

KKK Goal

Maintain white supremacy

KKK Methods

Lynching intimidation voter suppression

KKK Impact on Voting

Reduced Black voter participation

KKK Political Impact

Helped Democrats regain Southern control

Terror group stopping Reconstruction

Violence used to end Reconstruction reforms

Life After Slavery

Freedom without economic equality

Sharecropping

Farming land in exchange for part of the crop

Living Conditions After Slavery

Poverty and instability

Community Support

Churches schools and families

Importance of Education

Provided hope and opportunity

Free but poor

Freedom existed but poverty remained

15th Amendment Voting Rights

Guaranteed the right to vote

Poll Tax

Fee required to vote

Literacy Test

Reading test required to vote

Grandfather Clause

Voting allowed if ancestors voted

Blocked Voting Rights

Methods used to prevent Black voting

Voting Rights Fully Enforced

1965

100 year promise

Rights took a century to be enforced

Urbanization

Movement of people to cities

Industrialization

Growth of factories and industry

Reason People Moved to Cities

Factory jobs

City Problems

Poverty and overcrowding

Tenements

Crowded apartment buildings

Factories equal cities grow

Industry caused urban growth

Political Machine

Organization controlling local politics

How Political Machines Gained Votes

Gave jobs and services

Political Machine Corruption

Bribery and fraud

Political Machines and Immigrants

Provided food housing and jobs

Votes for favors

Votes were exchanged for help

Spanish Colonization

European conquest of the Americas

Three Motivations for Colonization

Gold Glory and God

Impact of Disease

Killed millions of Indigenous people

Forced Labor Systems

Encomienda and forced labor

Racial Caste System

Social ranking based on race

Disease did more damage than weapons

Disease killed more than fighting

KKK Purpose

Restore white supremacy and end Reconstruction

KKK Tactics

Lynching threats arson voter intimidation

Terror replaced democracy

Fear stopped political participation

Enforcement Acts

Made voter intimidation illegal

Ku Klux Klan Act

Allowed president to suspend habeas corpus

Why Enforcement Failed

Support faded and resistance continued

Laws passed protection faded

Government action did not last

13th Amendment Year

1865

14th Amendment Year

1868

15th Amendment Year

1870

Why Amendments Were Passed

Protect freed people and give rights

Change written into law

Equality was added to the Constitution

Late 1700s Population

90 percent lived on farms

Early American Economy

Agriculture based

Why Industrialization Mattered

It transformed a rural nation

Nation of farmers

America began rural

Political Machine Positives

Organization and immigrant aid

Political Machine Negatives

Corruption and blocked democracy

Helpful hands dirty deals

Help came with corruption

Racial Caste System Purpose

Maintain Spanish control

Top of Caste System

Spaniards

Bottom of Caste System

Indigenous and Africans

Race decided your place

Social status based on race

Industrialization Problems

Low wages long hours unsafe conditions

Child Labor

Children worked in factories

Who Benefited from Industry

Factory owners

Who Suffered from Industry

Workers immigrants and the poor

More machines more misery

Growth without fairness

Gilded Age

Time of extreme inequality

Rich During Gilded Age

Mansions and political power

Poor During Gilded Age

Tenements overcrowding disease

Why It Is Called the Gilded Age

Looked rich but was unequal

Shiny outside broken inside

Wealth hid poverty