History

History 121 Notes

          The reconstruction of the South

·        Virtually all former slaves were united in their desire for independence from white control – Black desire for Independence

·        The freedom bureau distributed food to millions of the former slaves, it reestablished schools. Was not a permanent solution

·        Thaddues Stevens and Charles Sumner urged a much harsher punishment to the whites that aided the confederacy to protect black rights

·        Wade Davis Bill- It called for the president to appoint a provisional governor for each conquered state.

·        13th Amendment freed all the slaves

·        John Wilkes Booth- an actor that was very committed to the Southern cause, shot Lincoln in the head

·        Johnsons Plan- Resembles The Wade Davis Bill, Helped southerners who help the north

·        Radicals Ascendant- The Republicans took over the senate. 143 Republicans and 49 Democrats

·        Fifteenth Amendment- which forbade the states and the federal government to deny suffrage to ANY citizen. Complete in 1870

·        Tenure of office act- forbade the president to remove civil officials, including his own cabinet without the consent of the senate

·        Scalawags- were former Whigs who never felt comfortable in the democratic or farmers who lived in remote areas where there had been very little or no slavery

·        Carpetbaggers- were white men from the north, most veterans, who looked at the south being a more promising frontier than the west and settled there at the end of the war. Hopefully to be planters, businessmen, or professionals

·        Freedmen- The most numerous Republicans in the south were black men, little to none had any experience in politics. Tried to build institutions to exercise their power. It helped establish black schools but as that happened the whites wanted more schools as well

·        Black codes were driving Northern opinion in still more radical directions. Black code-...