southern resistance and to the Reforms After Grant’s Election… North’s waning resolve. Explain how Radical Reconstruction The Election of 1868… illustrated the continued conflict Although citizenship, equal between contract and compact protection of the laws, and political theories. voting rights were granted to African Americans in the 14th and 15th Amendments, these rights were Fifteenth Amendment… progressively stripped away through segregation, violence, Supreme Court and local decisions, political tactics. The Civil War Civil Rights Act of 1875… established Amendments judicial principles that were stalled for many decades but eventually became the basis for court decisions upholding civil rights. Reconstruction in the South, pp 298-300 Key Concepts & Main Ideas Notes Analysis Efforts by radical and Reconstruction in the South… Based on this information, explain to moderate Republicans why Texas did not rejoin the Union reconstruct the defeated South until 1873. changed the balance of between Congress and power the presidency and yielded some short-term successes, reuniting the union, opening up political opportunities and other leadership roles to former slaves, and temporarily rearranging the relationships between white and black people in the South. Reconstruction in the South Continued… Key Concepts & Main Analysis Ideas Efforts by radical and Composition of the Reconstruction Governments… Explain two forces that led to African moderate Republicans American suffrage and public service to reconstruct the despite Southern resistance. defeated South changed the balance of power between Congress and the presidency and yielded some short-term Scalawags and Carpetbaggers… successes, reuniting the union, opening up political opportunities and other leadership roles to former slaves, and temporarily rearranging the African American Legislators… relationships between white and black people in the South. Radical Republicans’ Support, refute, or modify the following efforts to change statement: Radical Republicans worked southern racial Evaluating the Republican Record… for positive change in the best interest attitudes and culture
southern resistance and to the North’s waning resolve. Although citizenship, equal protection of the laws, and voting rights were granted to African Americans in the 14th and 15th Amendments, these rights were progressively stripped away through segregation, violence, Supreme Court decisions, and local political tactics. The Civil War Amendments established judicial principles that were stalled for many decades but eventually became the basis for court decisions upholding civil rights. Reforms After Grant’s Election… The Election of 1868… Fifteenth Amendment… Civil Rights Act of 1875… Explain how Radical Reconstruction illustrated the continued conflict between contract and compact political theories. Reconstruction in the South, pp 298-300 Key Concepts & Main Ideas Notes Analysis Efforts by radical and moderate Republicans to reconstruct the defeated South changed the balance of power between Congress and the presidency and yielded some short-term successes, reuniting the union, opening up political opportunities and other leadership roles to former slaves, and temporarily rearranging the relationships between white and black people in the South. Reconstruction in the South… Based on this information, explain why Texas did not rejoin the Union until 1873. Reconstruction in the South Continued… Key Concepts & Main Ideas Analysis Efforts by radical and moderate Republicans to reconstruct the defeated South changed the balance of power between Congress and the presidency and yielded some short-term successes, reuniting the union, opening up political opportunities and other leadership roles to former slaves, and temporarily rearranging the relationships between white and black people in the South. Radical Republicans’ efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture Composition of the Reconstruction Governments… Scalawags and Carpetbaggers… African American Legislators… Evaluating the Republican Record… Explain two forces that led to African American suffrage and public service despite Southern resistance. Support, refute, or modify the following statement: Radical Republicans worked for positive change in the best interest
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