Finishing up 8th grade review! Just one question..19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.-1865 to 1877-Period of time after the Civil War in which the South had to be rebuilt and reorganized and brought back into the Union.-Lincoln had been a forgive & forget kind of guy.*Republican Radical Reconstruction-Rebuilt south socially, politically and physically-Split South into five military district controlled by US army-13th 14th & 15th amendments were passed: ambolish slavery, made minorities citizens, & could vote- Freedmens Bureau set up to help former slaves-Southern govts. taken over by "carbetbaggers" and "scalawags"-These govts. set up schools, raised, taxes, built railroads, helped ex-slaves, industrialized the South-Govts. were accused of widespread corruption by southerners*Corrupt Bargain-Ended in 1877 with the Compromise of 1877.-The South and Democrats in general accepted the controversial results of the 1876 Presidential election which gave Republican Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency over Samuel Tilden-The republican in turn agreed to pull troops out of the South and end Reconstruction*Effects of Reconstruction?1. Established the Solid South until 19642. After the Nort left, the "Redeemers" took over Southern govts. and established the white, racist govts.3. Set up Jim Crow laws and segregation
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