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Summary Chapter 5 The civil War was over but, between 1865 and 1877 the federal goverment carried out a program to repair damage to South and restore the southern states to the Union. The aftermath the physical toll destroyed two thirds of the South shipping industry and 9000 miles of track. The black southners up to 4 million freed people started new lives in poor region and many found themselves homeless, jobless, and hungry. Planters lost slave labor worth about 3 billion dollars. Lincoln and Johnson both had their on Reconstruction plans. Lincoln plan was considered leniant. Johnson was generous to South being a former southner. He pardoned 13,000 southners in 1865 alone. Black were given a portion of land from Union general Sherman but, but Johnson overode decision and gave land back to original owner. Black used right to worship and freedom to learn. President Johnson passed black codes that basically was slavery in a nutshell. That put African Americans on curfewa, and made them work, also force them to live on plantations. The 14 Amendment help get rit of black codes saying everyone born in USA one is equal. President Johnson was took to court to be removed House voted 120 to 47 to impeach but he escape by one vote from the Senate to get impeached. General Grant won the election of 1868. 15 Amendment guarntee right to vote by any male. Black leaders were getting elected into office including governor. Farming changes included planters had nobody wanting to work on plantations. They had sharecropping and tenant farming. Tenant farming had a higher social level than sharecroppers. The goverment had corruption the goverment was using money to cover bets. Southern debt was in high millions. Ku Klux - Klan was bascially designed to intimade and killed. They killed whoever wasn't with. Reconstruction end from corruption economy, violence and democrats return to power. Enforcement of 1870 stop ban of preventing people from voting. Compromise of 1877 the democrats gave Hayes victory remove remaining troops from South. The Compromise opened way to end of Reconstruction.