Reconstruction—Guided Notes
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Key Vocabulary
Word Meaning (use context clues)
Reconstruction The period following the Civil War during which the country, specifically
the South, rebuilt its economic, social, political, and physical structures
Radical Leaders of the Republican Party in Congress who worked hard to give
Republicans former slaves equal rights after the Civil War by
Override Action by Congress to offset a veto by the President with a 2/3 vote
Veto The power of the U.S. president to reject a law passed by Congress.
Impeached charged with misconduct
Depicted To show or represent something using words or images
Concede Admit
Commission Government group given the authority to act
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Presidential Reconstruction Abraham Lincoln started efforts to rebuild the nation with the
1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Act even
before the war was over.
Congressional (or Radical) Johnson outraged Congressional leaders known as Radical
Reconstruction Republicans by pardoning former Confederate leaders and by
returning Southern land back to white owners.
Reconstruction Acts The Reconstruction Acts passed in March 1867. rebuilding the South
after the war The South was divided into five military districts as a
result of these laws. Each district was run by a general, who was
charged with protecting the rights and property of all citizens.
Johnson's Impeachment Congress and President Johnson continued to disagree over how
to handle rebuilding the South.
Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives. He
was then put on trial by the Senate. At the end of the trial,
Johnson was allowed to remain in office. He continued to veto
the Reconstruction bills passed by Congress, and Congress
continued to override his vetoes
Compromise of 1877 The votes were very close, and neither side would concede
defeat. Instead, accusations sprang up that the South threw out
African American votes. The debate intensified, and the identity
of the next president was unknown.
Congress established an electoral commission to settle the
dispute. In the end, Southern Democrats accepted Hayes as
president. In return, the Republicans had to remove troops from
the South and end reconstruction policies
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