Reconstruction

ACT VI: ReconstructionComes to an End

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

helpPanic of 1873Economic depression occurred in 1873.North focused on economic well-being instead of Reconstruction efforts.

Effect of Supreme Court Decisions1873: Supreme Court said 14th amendment only protected national citizenship rights, such as interstate travel and federal protection abroadnot state citizenship rights (which was everything else).1876: Supreme Court said federal govt could not punish whites that oppressed blacks.1876: Supreme Court said 15th amendment did not guarantee voting rights to African-Americanssimply said that voting couldnt be denied based on race.Supreme Court interpreted lawsin ways that took away civil rights.Election of 1876Hayes and Tilden tied w/electoral college votes.Democrats agreed to make Hayes president if troops were withdrawn from the South.They agreed.Reconstruction ended.

Reconstruction Is Over NowThe South returns to Home Rule.Passed laws restricting freedom of Blacks.Eliminated social programs and public schools.Reinstated segregation.Began lynching.Fictitious charges of rape or other crimesDemanding respectBeing obnoxiousEyeing a White woman

18771878, Nebraska

1883, Nebraska

1889, Alabama

1890, Arkansas

1897, Ohio

1900

1909, Cairo, Illinois

1916, Texas

1930, Indiana

And thus ends the era known as Reconstruction.

Um, what a messed up world.Yeah. Im not really in the mood to brag about my learning.

Lets go.I can evaluate the impact that the Supreme Court had on Reconstruction.I can examine the way in which the Panic of 1873 had an effect on Reconstruction.I can evaluate the impact that the election of 1876 had on Reconstruction and the changes in society that followed.I can describe changes in society in the South during home rule.I can draw conclusions about the changes in society based on the photographs of lynchings from 1877 through the 1930s.