J. Kelly Robison

Reconstruction

  1. Presidential Reconstruction (1865-1868)
    1. Reunion v Reconstruction
    2. Lincoln's Plan
    3. Andrew Johnson and Reunion
    4. Southern Reaction
  2. Congressional (Radical) Reconstruction (1868-1877)
    1. The Radical Republicans
    2. Forceful Obedience
    3. Equality (?)
      1. 13th Amendment
      2. 14th Amendment
      3. 15th Amendment
  3. The Freedmen
    1. Freedmen Enter Politics
    2. Economics
      1. Sharecropping
      2. Debt-Peonage
    3. Social
  4. End of Reconstruction (1877)
    1. Disillusionment
    2. Southern Intransigence (Redemption)
    3. The Supreme Court Guts Reconstruction
    4. Compromise of 1877

Study Terms

reunion reconstruction Radical Republicans
Andrew Johnson 13th Amendment 14th Amendment
15th Amendment share-cropping debt-peonage
Plessy v Ferguson Compromise of 1877

Essay Questions

Why, after the Civil War, did the former slaves receive "Nothing but Freedom?" What happened to the great promise of Reconstruction? Did the freedmen find political, social and/or economic opportunity?

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