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    The document summarizes Radical Reconstruction in the United States following the Civil War. It discusses how Radical Republicans gained control of Congress and implemented a federal reconstruction plan to protect the rights of freed slaves and combat Black Codes passed by Southern states seeking to limit African American rights. Key events included the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 14th Amendment granting citizenship, and the 15th Amendment granting African American men the right to vote. However, the end of federal enforcement with the election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877 led to a rollback of African American civil rights in the South.

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    The document summarizes Radical Reconstruction in the United States following the Civil War. It discusses how Radical Republicans gained control of Congress and implemented a federal reconstruction plan to protect the rights of freed slaves and combat Black Codes passed by Southern states seeking to limit African American rights. Key events included the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 14th Amendment granting citizenship, and the 15th Amendment granting African American men the right to vote. However, the end of federal enforcement with the election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877 led to a rollback of African American civil rights in the South.

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    The document summarizes Radical Reconstruction in the United States following the Civil War. It discusses how Radical Republicans gained control of Congress and implemented a federal reconstruction plan to protect the rights of freed slaves and combat Black Codes passed by Southern states seeking to limit African American rights. Key events included the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 14th Amendment granting citizenship, and the 15th Amendment granting African American men the right to vote. However, the end of federal enforcement with the election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877 led to a rollback of African American civil rights in the South.

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    Pursuing Equality for

    African-Americans During
    Radical Reconstruction

    Freedmen in the South Carolina Sea Islands


    http://web.gc.cuny.edu/ashp/toer/looking.html

    The End of the Civil War

    When the Union won


    the Civil War the big
    questions were:

    Jefferson Davis,
    President of the
    Confederacy
    http://www.redstone.army.mil/histor

    What should Southern


    states have to do to be
    readmitted to the Union?
    What should happen to
    southerners who
    participated in the war
    effort?
    What should happen to
    the newly emancipated
    slaves?

    Views of Reconstruction

    Republican leaders agreed


    that slavery had to be
    permanently destroyed
    and all forms of
    Confederate nationalism
    had to be suppressed
    Moderates thought this
    could be accomplished as
    soon as Confederate
    armies surrendered and
    the southern states
    repealed secession and
    ratified the 13th
    Amendment
    All of this happened by
    the end of September
    1865

    General Lee surrendering to


    General Grant at Appomattox
    Courthouse
    http://www.ct.gov/mil/lib/mil/pictures/civilwar/thesur
    render.jpg

    Johnson Alienates
    Radical Republicans

    President Andrew
    Johnson
    http://www.army.mil/cmhpg/books/cg&csa/_notes/20a.jpg

    President Johnson
    supported votes for Black
    army veterans in 1864
    and 1865
    By 1866, however,
    Johnson broke with the
    moderate Republicans
    and aligned himself with
    the Democrats who
    opposed equality and
    opposed the Fourteenth
    Amendment
    Radicals attacked
    Johnsons policies,
    especially his 10% Plan
    and his veto of the Civil
    Rights Bill for the
    Freedmen

    Plans for Reconstruction

    Led by Charles Sumner


    and Thaddeus Stevens,
    the Radical Republicans
    wanted the Southern
    states to be punished for
    their treasonous
    behavior
    They called for harsh
    punishment of
    Confederate officers and
    soldiers and equal rights
    for Freedmen
    http://www.msp.umb.edu/afam/Af
    AmResearchQuestions.html

    Radical Republicans Gain


    Control of Congress

    Time Works Wonders by Thomas


    Nast
    http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/BrowseByDateCar
    toon.asp?Month=April&Date=9

    The election of 1866


    dramatically changed the
    balance of power in
    congress, giving the
    Radical Republicans
    enough votes to
    overcome Johnson's
    vetoes
    Though he avoided (by
    one vote) the Radical
    Republican attempt to
    impeach him Johnson
    remained almost
    powerless regarding
    Reconstruction policy

    Radical Reconstruction

    Radical Republicans
    implemented a federal
    reconstruction plan
    They used the Army to
    combat the effect of black
    codes and enforce new
    laws that guaranteed
    rights to African
    Americans in Southern
    states
    Federal reconstruction
    took the vote away from
    10,000 to 15,000 white
    men who had been
    Confederate officials or
    soldiers

    Radical Republican Leaders


    http://lfa.atu.edu/ssphil/people/ssjw/us2/presrecon
    .htm

    Black Codes

    African American men who


    were arrested for vagrancy due
    to unemployment
    http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/civilwar/16/reco
    nstruction1.html

    White Southerners
    sought ways to control
    newly freed African
    Americans
    They wrote Black Codes
    to regulate civil and
    legal rights, from
    marriage to the right to
    hold and sell property
    In many ways the codes
    guaranteed African
    Americans would
    continue working as
    farm laborers

    The Civil Rights Act of 1866

    The Civil Rights Act of 1866


    gave rights to freed slaves
    including the rights to make
    contracts, sue, witness in
    court, and own private
    property
    President Johnson vetoed the
    bill saying it would "operate in
    favor of the colored and
    against the white race
    Congress overrode the
    presidential veto in April of
    1866
    The act declared that all
    persons born in the U.S. were
    now citizens, without regard
    to race, color, or previous
    condition of servitude,
    excluding Indians

    Former Slaves and Wounded


    Union Veterans Celebrating the
    Passage of the Civil Rights Act of
    1866
    http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/fimage/gildedage/image.
    php?id=3490

    The 14 Amendment
    th

    In order to ensure
    permanent change
    the 14th amendment
    granted citizenship
    to African Americans
    The amendment also
    guaranteed the right
    to due process under
    the law to African
    Americans

    http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2
    005/june2005/june05leb_img_29.jpg

    The 15th Amendment

    Granted African
    American men suffrage
    in 1870
    This did not guarantee
    African American men
    would be allowed access
    to their local polls
    Violence against African
    Americans at polling
    places was common
    Literacy tests, poll taxes
    and other voter
    qualification laws
    became common

    The First Black Voters


    http://www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon
    /BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?
    Month=November&Date=14

    African Americans Vote

    Hiram Revels, the first


    African American elected
    to the U.S. Senate
    http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/bi
    odisplay.pl?index=R000166

    Slowly Southern states


    held elections in which
    Freedmen voted
    These elections usually
    produced Republican
    state governments
    For the first time
    African Americans
    were elected to local,
    state and federal
    offices

    The End of Radical Reconstruction

    Federal Reconstruction
    ended in 1876 with the
    election of Rutherford B.
    Hayes to the presidency
    A few weeks after taking
    office Hayes issued an
    order for the removal of
    all federal soldiers
    stationed in the South
    The end of
    Reconstruction led to a
    drastic reduction of
    rights for African
    Americans

    President Rutherford
    Hayes
    http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/057_pr
    a3.html

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