Reconstruction

__Unit 8: Reconstruction__  Reconstruction KWL ||  W: What We Want to Know ||  L: What We Have Learned || · Reconstruction of the South. · More people moved to the South after Reconstruction. · After the Civil War · Had to build a lot. · Federal government paid for a lot. · Slavery was illegal. · Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated. · Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln. · Zebulon Vance was sent to jail. · Universal manhood suffrage was established. · Amendments added to Constitution. · Segregation still existed. · New laws put in place. · Ku Klux Klan started. · Black Codes emerged. · Kirk-Holden War || ·    Who was the president(s) during Reconstruction? · Why was the KKK so racist? · Why did the KKK burn crosses? · What did the KKK do to people? · Why did the KKK start? · Who founded the KKK? · How did Black Codes affect Reconstruction? · What amendments were created during Reconstruction? · Why was Lincoln assassinated? · What was the Kirk-Holden War? · When did slavery become illegal? · How did segregation affect black people? · How did the government help out during Reconstruction? · How did Reconstruction affect the lives of freedmen? · Why was universal manhood suffrage established? · What new laws were made? · Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau established? · How did Reconstruction affect NC? · How long did Reconstruction last ||  · Kirk – Holden War was the oppose movement against KKK. · KKK was so racist because they truly believed that white people are the only ones who can control the world, and that whites should be Christian. · Universal manhood suffrage was established, so everybody no matter what race they are will have same rights. · Amendments XIII, XIV, and XV were established during the Reconstruction. · The KKK started because they wanted to return political and social control to the native whites but only other whites that were racist like them excluding republicians because they tried to help the blacks and other minorites. · The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to provide food, clothing, shelter, and education for the former slaves. · Black Codes, Martial Law, Universal Manhood Suffrage were the new laws established during Reconstruction. · Teacher note: antebellum period was before war – not after. * (Add answers below.) The residents of the south had to "suck up" to the government of the north so that they would rebuild the south for them. Nathan Bedford Forrest founded the KKK Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant were both Presidents during Reconstruction - The KKK made visits to more than 2/3 black residents out of more than 250 people total. They would sometimes just warn the freedman not to be active with the Republicans, and other times they whip their victims for some alleged offense. <span style="color: rgb(158,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(107,31,31);"><span style="color: rgb(205,71,71);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,12);">- Slavery became illegal by the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865. <span style="color: rgb(235,0,0); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(245,0,0); font-family: Georgia,serif;">- Amendments 13, 14 and 15 were created during Reconstruction. <span style="color: rgb(245,0,0); font-family: Georgia,serif;">- Reconstruction lasted for about 7 years. <span style="color: rgb(251,38,35);">- <span style="color: rgb(255,0,15);"> <span style="color: rgb(243,22,22);">Kirk-Holden War was a martial law Holden declared to send Colonel George Kirk to arrest people in the KKK, many criticized him of arresting people with too little evidence. <span style="color: rgb(248,13,13);">-The KKK was founded in 1866 by Confederate Civil War veterans Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, and Frank O. McCord. -The most important amendments gave the legislature more control over the freedmen in the state.The legislature was given the power to choose the justices of the peace that were in each neighborhood. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-The 14th amendment says that all U.S. citizens cannot be deprived of there basic rights stated in the constitution, and that a state government cannot take away a citizen's possessions without a trial which must be fair. -The 15th amendment says that __all__ men over the age of 21 can vote <span style="color: rgb(255,13,10); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(254,22,22);"><span style="color: rgb(255,5,22); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> -Reconstruction lasted from 1866 to 1873<span style="color: rgb(254,11,11);"> - The 13th amendment mean's that you can not try to make some one go to jail for something that they didn't do ! - The first branch of the kkk stared Pulaski, Tennessee, May ,1866 -The KKK intimidated blacks and black supporters by whipping. -The democrats didn't like the "radical republicans" because the rich people's money was being spent on the railroads and other things. -The democrats tried to take power when Holden was impeached. || Lin k<span style="color: #ea2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> s
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> K:What We Know
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">· <span style="color: rgb(0,21,250); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">    <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0,21,250); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> It cost a lot of money.
 * <span style="color: rgb(206,36,28);">Slavery ended with the 13 amendment.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assigned students, please write the key points one should know for each of the following terms or people. You only need to include the key points mentioned in 9.4.You may choose to put the answers after the colon; separate each point with a semi-colon. Please let me know if you think of a better way. >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **__Andrew Johnson__:** <span style="color: rgb(0,173,85);">became president after Lincoln was assassinated, NC native
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **__Zebulon B. Vance__:**<span style="color: rgb(55,149,9);"> was the only North Carolina citizen to be jailed after the Civil War, again became governor again  <span style="color: rgb(55,149,9);">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **__William W. Holden__:**<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,187);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">  <span style="color: rgb(250,255,56); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">governor, too "radical" and took state too far in new direction 1871 impeached because of the way he arrested so many people without charge, and before verdict announced fled state. He was the leader of the Republican Party in North Carolina .        <span style="color: rgb(255,0,187);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,187);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> **<span style="color: rgb(5,0,0);">__Amendment XIII__ (13): ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(13,145,105);"><span style="background-color: rgb(15,5,5);"> <span style="color: rgb(252,207,207);">no slavery except for punishment for a crime
 * 5) <span style="color: rgb(120,9,200); font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Amendment XIV (14):__** everyone born or naturalized in the US are citizens of the US and the state they live in. A state can't take away the rights of citizens and it can't take away anybody's life, liberty, or property. Everyone will recieve equal protection of the law.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **__Amendment XV__ (15):** <span style="color: rgb(6,100,132); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">all men 21 or older could vote regardless of race and economic status
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Reconstruction**__: <span style="color: rgb(219,36,36);">the steps taken to restore the southern states to the Union and rebuild the South
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**freedmen:**__ <span style="color: rgb(199,233,63);">The newly freed slaves.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**Black Codes:**__ <span style="color: rgb(144,71,71);">A series of laws passed during Reconstruction that reorganized some rights of the freedmen but also denied freedmen many rights that whites took for granted. Allowed freedmen to be married, own land, and to educate their children. Freedmen could not leave their county without permission from the sheriff.
 * 10) <span style="color: rgb(144,71,71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**<span style="color: rgb(13,12,12);">carpetbagger **__: One who came to the North Carolina from a northern state to gain power and fortune.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**universal manhood suffrage**__ (versus suffrage) : <span style="color: rgb(49,246,232); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The ability of all men over the age of 21 to vote regardless of their color or their economic status. Suffrage was just for __white__ men over the age of 21.
 * 1) <span style="color: rgb(49,246,232); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**<span style="color: rgb(5,5,5);">segregate **__: <span style="color: rgb(209,8,253); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To separate by race.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**Ku Klux Klan**__: <span style="color: rgb(250,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">An organization that developed into a secret, racist organization where purpose was to return political and social control to native whites.
 * 3) <span style="color: rgb(250,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">martial law **__: <span style="color: rgb(250,165,30);">The use of military forces to keep order.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**Kirk-Holden War**__: <span style="color: rgb(138,244,217); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Governor Holden's use of the state militia to stop the Klan from taking over key places in the state, the militia was under the command of Colonel George Kirk.
 * 5) <span style="color: rgb(138,244,217); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __**impeached:**__ <span style="color: rgb(85,255,41); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">  to file charges against a public official for wrong doing in office.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **__Freed men's Bureau:__** <span style="color: rgb(236,54,61); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a federal agency set up by Congress in 1865 to provide food, clothing, shelter, and education for the former slaves.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**__Sharecropping:__** <span style="color: rgb(0,44,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Many former slaves went by sharecropping. This is when the owner of the land and the renter split the profits of the crops sold on the rented land. The owner always got the profits first and if the rent took up all of the profits, the sharecropper got nothing that year. Money of the sharecropper was also used to buy seeds. Most could only just get by. By the 1870's black sharecroppers were the majority of the eastern farmers.