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    The document discusses key legislation passed during Reconstruction to extend civil rights to black Americans after the Civil War. It outlines laws like the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), the Freedmen's Bureau (1865), the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the 14th and 15th Amendments. However, President Johnson vetoed some bills and Congress had limited power. While new rights were gained, black Americans still faced social discrimination through groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Their economic conditions and access to education and land remained difficult. By 1877, the document suggests black Americans were not fully happy with their situation despite some legal protections.

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    The document discusses key legislation passed during Reconstruction to extend civil rights to black Americans after the Civil War. It outlines laws like the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), the Freedmen's Bureau (1865), the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the 14th and 15th Amendments. However, President Johnson vetoed some bills and Congress had limited power. While new rights were gained, black Americans still faced social discrimination through groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Their economic conditions and access to education and land remained difficult. By 1877, the document suggests black Americans were not fully happy with their situation despite some legal protections.

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    The document discusses key legislation passed during Reconstruction to extend civil rights to black Americans after the Civil War. It outlines laws like the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), the Freedmen's Bureau (1865), the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the 14th and 15th Amendments. However, President Johnson vetoed some bills and Congress had limited power. While new rights were gained, black Americans still faced social discrimination through groups like the Ku Klux Klan. Their economic conditions and access to education and land remained difficult. By 1877, the document suggests black Americans were not fully happy with their situation despite some legal protections.

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    11/19/15

    Were black Americans happy by 1877?


    Keywords:

    Learning Objectives:
    To describe the key legislation in the
    Reconstruction Reconstruction era.
    To judge how better off AfricanAmericans were in 1877.
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    Learning objective:
    To describe the key legislation
    in the Reconstruction era.

    American Civil War 1861-65

    Emancipation Proclamation,
    1863
    That all persons
    held as slaves"
    within the
    rebellious states
    "are, and
    henceforward shall
    be free.
    To deal with issue
    of confiscated
    property.

    End of war

    9th April- Confederate Army surrendered.


    14th April, Lincoln was assassinated.
    What would be the governments main concern?

    Presidential Reconstruction: Why


    was it difficult?
    This was to focus on rebuilding
    the infrastructure within the
    South.
    Northerners attempted to
    impost their wishes regarding
    the new status of black
    Americans.
    Rebuild economy of America.
    President Andrew
    Reintegrate Confederate
    Johnson
    states.
    I have lived among negroes all my life, and I am for this
    Forge national
    unity. under the Constitution as it is.
    Government
    with slavery
    Speaking in 1863

    Radical
    RepublicansExtension of
    civil rights
    for African
    Americans.

    Moderate
    RepublicansGradual
    reform.

    Conservativ
    e
    RepublicansAligned with
    pro-slavery
    society.

    Freedmen
    s Bureau

    Why was it set up?


    Who would it pacify?
    What was the Presidents
    response?

    Civil
    Rights Act
    (1866)

    What was its aim?


    What was the Presidents
    response?
    Why would the response of
    Congress be limited?

    14th
    Amendme
    nt

    What did this amendment ensure?


    Why was this such a radical law?
    How did it aid the Republican
    party?

    Congressional
    Reconstruction
    Johnson weakened,
    retired from office and
    replaced by Ulysses S.
    Grant who won the
    election in 1868.
    Black people were
    crucial to American
    economy.
    Strong belief in The
    American Dream.

    Thaddeus
    Stevens

    What has changed?


    The Fifteenth Amendment
    (1870)

    Civil Rights Act (1875)

    1. Why was another


    amendment to the
    Constitution needed?
    2. What was missing
    from the
    amendment?

    1. What form of
    discrimination did this
    act deal with?
    2. Why was it never
    enforced?

    African-American life
    Political
    rights-

    Social
    Ku Klux
    Klan/
    Churches
    Did things
    get
    better?

    EconomicLand
    ownership

    Education

    Were black Americans happy by


    1877?
    Happiness rating
    6
    4
    2
    0
    -2
    -4
    -6

    Happiness
    rating

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