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Reconstruction
(1865-1877)
Unit 4: Civil War and Reconstruction
What was Reconstruction?
Period between 1865-1877 when former Confederate states
were controlled by the federal government before being allowed
to rejoin the Union
Purpose: rebuild the South,
put the nation back together
End of the Civil War
-South surrenders on
April 9, 1865
-War left South
devastated
Southern Problems:
● Southern cities in ruin
● Loss of property,
wealth
● Few opportunities for
newly freed slaves
Plans for Reconstruction
President Lincoln’s Plan (The 10% Plan)
● Forgive all southerners who pledged loyalty to the Union
(except high ranking Confederate leaders)
● Southern states could rejoin the Union when 10% of the
state’s voters had taken loyalty oath
● Help former slaves (freedman)
Congress’s Plan (Wade-Davis Bill)
● Mostly radical Republicans ( tougher
requirements for South)
● Lincoln’s Plan = too easy on the South
● South’s responsibility to rebuild/pay for war
● Wade-Davis Bill: required majority of a
Southern state’s white male citizens to
pledge loyalty before rejoining the
Union
● Lincoln used pocket veto
Vice President Johnson’s Plan:
-Similar to 10% Plan, but easier
on the South (presidential
pardons to former Confederate
leaders)
-No desire to help former
slaves