Post Bellum America 1866-1880: Lockdown American Series Monday 20 November

• Preface: Aftermath of wars can be both messy and lengthy

• Lincoln looks to the future but his time is cut short

• Andrew Johnson succeeds Lincoln

• Problem of slavery not gone away

• Federal Reconstruction Acts

• Johnson impeached

• Federal Republicans support changes for ex slaves and meet resistance thro' 1870s

• 1876 'Dodgy' Presidential Election which sees Hayes elected

• 1877 Compromise

• The so called New South isn't all some would hope for, NB Jim Crow Laws

• 1880 Presidential Election

• It's not over yet!