RECONSTRUCTION ERA 1865-1877 1. The physical, political, and social rebuilding of the South was known as .

2. Lincoln’s plan was lenient on the South, but it never got enacted because Lincoln was .

a. assassinated Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre April 14, 1865.

b. Booth fled the scene of the crime and was later caught and killed in a barn outside the city.

c. Booth hoped that by assassinating Lincoln, it would give the South the time and opportunity to rise up against Union troops and win the war.

Wrapping up Reconstruction—

1. The 13th Amendment—abolished (559)

2. The 14th Amendment—granted & rights to freed slaves. (560)

a. What group of American society was angered by the 14th Amendment?

3. The Amendment gave the right to vote to all men over the age of 21. (563)

The South finds ways to avoid giving rights to African Americans

1. The establishment of thecreated a mood of fear for freed slaves. (568)

2. were passed to severely limit the rights of (former slaves) & keep African Americans as a lower class & a source of labor. (558)

a. Did give some rights to African Americans Ex: right to marry

4. Southern states passedto keep black people separated from white society through a process called . (577)

a. African Americans were forced to use separate facilities for everything—movie theaters, water fountains, bathrooms, restaurants, schools, etc. Most of the time, facilities reserved for African Americans were in much worse condition than those for white people.

5. Plessy V. Ferguson—made (separation of races) legal as long as facilities for African

Americans were to the facilities used by . (577)

Southern States find ways to disenfranchise African American Voters

1. Literacy Tests—prove they could before voting—usually a section of the .

2. Poll Tax—tax many had to pay in order to .

3. The KKK would use violence and intimidation to make sure African American voters were too scared to vote.