Chapter 12
Sanchez
Reconstruction and Its Effects	

I.	The Politics of Reconstruction
a.	Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction
i.	What is Reconstruction?
ii.	What were Lincoln's plans for reconstruction?
iii.	How did Radical Republicans react to Lincoln's plans?
iv.	Who were the two leading Republican's during Reconstruction?
v.	What were the plans contained in the Wade-Davis Bill?
vi.	How did Lincoln kill the Wade-Davis Bill?
b.	Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction
i.	How did people expect Johnson to deal with the South?
ii.	What was the plan Johnson used?
iii.	How was Johnson's plan different from Lincoln's?
iv.	How did the South respond to Johnson's plan?
v.	How did Congress react in 1865?
vi.	What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
vii.	What was contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
viii.	What were Black codes?
ix.	How did Johnson respond to the Freedman's bureau and the Civil Rights Act?
c.	Congressional Reconstruction
i.	What was contained in the Fourteenth Amendment?
ii.	What were the details of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
iii.	What charges were presented against Johnson?
iv.	What was the verdict of Johnson's trial?
v.	Who became president in 1868?
vi.	What was contained in the 15th Amendment?
II.	Reconstructing Society
a.	Conditions in the Postwar South?
i.	Describe the South after the war.
ii.	What public works programs were begun in the South?
b.	Politics in the Postwar South?
i.	Who were Scalawags and Carpetbaggers?
ii.	What was voter turnout among African Americans during Reconstruction?
iii.	What problems did the Republican party face in the South?
c.	Former Slaves Improve Their Lives
i.	Where did African Americans move after the war?
ii.	What was the main goal of many African Americans after the war?
iii.	What groups worked to teach African Americans?
iv.	What was the role of churches during this period?
v.	Who was Hiram Revels?
d.	Changes in the Southern Economy
i.	Why did many African Americans expect "40 acres and a mule"?
ii.	How was the Plantation system restored in the South?
iii.	What was sharecropping and tenant farming?
iv.	Why did the importance of cotton drop after the war?
III.	The Collapse of Reconstruction
a.	Opposition to Reconstruction
i.	Why was the Ku Klux Klan founded and what was its purpose?
ii.	What were some of the tactics used by white Southerners to oppress African Americans?
iii.	How did the government in the South hinder the progress of African Americans?
b.	Scandals and Money Crises Hurt Republicans
i.	What were some of the problems that plagued Grant's administration?
ii.	What was the Credit Mobilier Affair?
iii.	What was the Whiskey Ring?
iv.	Why did the Republican party collapse in terms of Unity?
v.	What caused the Panic of 1873?
vi.	What were the two sides on the debate over currency?
c.	Judicial and Popular Support Fades
i.	What were some significant Supreme Court decisions that affected the rights attained 
during the Civil War?
d.	Democrats "Redeem" The South
i.	What was redemption?
ii.	What took place in the election of 1876?
iii.	Why was the south allowed home rule once more?
iv.	What was the legacy of Reconstruction?