US History › Section H · Civil War and Reconstruction › Topic H.6
Congress and the remaking of the South
In 1865 and 1866, Southern governments tried to rebuild something close to slavery under another name, and Congress answered with new federal protections. The Fourteenth Amendment that came out of this struggle still shapes American law on citizenship and equal rights.
In this topic
- Freedom and its opponents
- The Freedmen's Bureau
- A hunger for schools
- The Black Codes
- Worked example: analysing a Black Code
- The Civil Rights Act of 1866
- The Fourteenth Amendment
- Worked example: who did the amendment include?
- Johnson's defeat in 1866
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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