Reconstruction Era重建时期.ppt

Reconstruction Era 1865-1877 What does Reconstruction mean? Reconstruction refers to the period after the Civil War, when the United States government struggled to bring former Confederate states back into the Union, and also to bring citizenship to the former slaves of the South. Key Terms Moderates- Republicans, who wished to make Reconstruction a quick and simple process. Radicals- Republicans who wished to make Reconstruction a difficult and stringent process, distrusting the ex-Confederates. Carpetbaggers-A derogatory term for Northerners who moved South during and immediately following the War. Many times these people were abolitionists who wished to protect the rights of freedmen. Some were business people who saw potential for development in the South. Many white Southerners resented them. Scalawags- A derogatory term for white Southerners who cooperated with the Union, the Republican party, and freedmen in business and politics. Usually these were whites of a modest background who sought to improve their standing in society through these alliances, and gain political power that had always been held by the former planter elite. Key Terms Continued Freedmen- The freed slaves in the South. Some of these people gained power in the Reconstruction governments in the post-war South, working with the whites in the Republican party. They were bitterly resented by many white Southerners. Most freedmen worked on plantations as sharecroppers, doing the same work they had done as slaves, in exchange for residence on the property and a small share of profit. Redeemers- Southern white Democrats, who wished to end Reconstruction and return the political power in the South to whites, usually the former planter elite that had dominated the South prior to the war. To do so they worked to gain the allegiance of many Scalawags, and to intimidate freedmen, Republicans and others through violence. Black Codes- laws passed quickly by Southern whites in the 1860’s designed to discr