The End of

Reconstruction
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And
Post-Reconstruction
America
 Reconstruction… so far
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❧ 13th, 14th 15th amendments have been passed.
❧ Radical Republicans in control of Congress
❧ Military occupation of the South.
❧ African-Americans serving in State legislatures.
❧ Carpetbaggers taking advantage of the South.
❧ Many Southerners and hate groups (including the
KKK) long for the end of reconstruction and a return
to the status quo.
 Disapproval Grows!
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❧ Panic of 1873 causes massive
economic depression
❧ Railroads
❧ No Silver
❧ Attentions focusing
westward
❧ The perceived corruption of
the Grant Administration
❧ Credit Mobilier Scandal
❧ Democrats regain control of
Southern legislatures.
 The Election of 1876
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https://www.270towin.com/1876_Election/interactive_map
https://www.270towin.com/1876_Election/
 Corrupt Bargain?
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❧ If a compromise was reached during the election,
was this a “corrupt bargain?”
 Reconstruction’s Over...
Rise of the Jim Crow South…
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❧ Southern Democrats, “Redeemers,” take over
congress and state legislatures.
❧ Southern state legislatures create laws meant to limit
the rights of minorities (not just African-Americans)
❧ These Jim Crow laws were meant to legally keep
races separate.
❧ Does this sound constitutional?
 Plessy v. Ferguson
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❧ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsDTqty
iNZk&t=15s

❧ What were the long term effects of Plessy v.

Ferguson?
Discrimination becomes
Legal
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❧ Public places
❧ Transportation
❧ Private businesses
❧ Voting
❧ Literacy tests
❧ Grandfather laws
❧ Poll taxes
How Should Reconstruction be
Remembered?
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 Overview?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowsS7pMApI&
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