Constitutional Amendments and The End of Reconstruction

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Constitutional Amendments and The End of
Reconstruction
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Civil War Amendments

• 13th Amendment
• Unlike the Emancipation Proclamation, this change
  to the Constitution ends ALL slavery in the
  United States
• Ratified in 1865

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• Declared former slaves CITIZENS
• Known as the Citizenship Amendment
• Provides equal rights for ALL CITIZENS
• Prevents former Confederates from holding office
• Ratified in 1868

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15th Amendment

• Election of 1870 many angry white Southerners
  refused to (or couldnt) vote
• More than 600 African Americans were elected to
  Southern legislatures and 16 black men were
  elected to Congress
• Ratified 1870

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The End of Reconstruction

• Why did Reconstruction efforts finally end?
• Heavy taxes and corruption for repairs
• Lack of Northern support for racial equality
• The Solid South Southern Democrats had reversed
  many of the reforms

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The Compromise of 1877

• Samuel Tilden wins popular vote over Rutherford
  B. Hayes but there is a a dispute over the
  electoral vote
• The Democrats agree to make Rutherford B. Hayes
  President IF all the federal troops are
  removed from the South
• THIS IS THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION!

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How successful was Reconstruction?
Closer
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Freedmen
Note in the margin of the timeline review who the
event benefits Freedmen or Confederates
Confederates