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Covers the information in VA SOL USII.3b.
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Reconstruction Policies and Problems
SOL USII.3bLisa Pennington
Social Studies Instructional Specialist
Portsmouth Public Schools
Vocabulary
• Black Codes: any code of law that limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
• Freedman's Bureau: a government agency set up during Reconstruction to assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, jobs, fair treatment, and education.
Vocabulary• Civil Rights Act of 1866: the most important
action by Congress towards protecting the rights of Freedmen during Reconstruction.
• Carpetbagger: a Northerner who came to the South during the Reconstruction period carrying only one “carpetbag” (suitcase) symbolizing a lack of permanent interest I improving the South.
• Scalawag: a white Southerner who helped the North rebuild the South during Reconstruction.
Essential Understandings
• The Reconstruction policies were harsh and created problems in the South.
• Reconstruction attempted to give meaning to the freedom that the former slaves had achieved.
Reconstruction Policies and Problems
• Southern military leaders could not hold office.
• Southerners resented northern “carpetbaggers” who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction.
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Reconstruction Policies and Problems
• African Americans held public office.
• African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement.
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Reconstruction Policies and Problems
• Northern soldiers supervised the South.
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Reconstruction Policies and Problems
• The Freedman’s Bureau was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South.
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The End of Reconstruction
• Reconstruction ended with the election of 1876.
• Federal troops were removed.
• The rights that African Americans had gained were lost through the Black Codes.