Download Radical Reconstruction and Civil War Amendments

Radical Reconstruction
Focus Activity
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Major questions following the Civil War
• How to rebuild the
South
• How to bring
Southern states
back to the United
States
• How to bring
former slaves into
the United States
as free people
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Consequences for Confederate States
Should people who fought against the
United States be allowed to become
citizens? Should they be punished?
What should be done to Southern
state governments that fought against
the U.S.?
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Freedmen
How would freed
men and women
be treated in the
Southern states?
What do you think
were some of the
major challenges
faced by former
slaves?
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RECONSTRUCTION
• The process of readmitting former Confederate
states to the Union
• Lasted from 1865 -1877
• Also involved rebuilding these war damaged states
• Had to answer the question of how to integrate
former slaves into post civil war America
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PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION
• At first, the Presidents took charge of
Reconstruction
• Lincoln: 10% Plan offered a full pardon IF…
• 10% of a state’s population swore an Oath of Loyalty
• A state would agree that slavery was illegal
• Johnson: His was sympathetic to the South
• Declare secession illegal
• Ratify the 13th Amendment
• Refuse to pay Confederate debts
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CONGRESSIONAL
RECONSTRUCTION
• “Radical” Republicans controlled Congress and wanted to be
much harsher on the South
• Took control in 1867
• Put the states under military control until they fully agreed to
rejoin the Union
• To be readmitted states had to:
• Write a new state constitution supporting citizenship
for former slaves
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• Give African-American men the right to vote
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER…
• Which of these plans do you feel would be
more likely to unite the country after the Civil
War?
• Which of these plans is the most fair and
just?
• What do you predict actually happened
during Reconstruction?
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CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS
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13TH AMENDMENT
WHEN:
1865
WHAT:
Banned slavery throughout the
United States
EFFECTS: Freed African-Americans and
paved the way for Citizenship
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14TH AMENDMENT
WHEN:
1866
WHAT:
Citizenship to anyone born or
naturalized within the United
States, except Native Americans
EFFECTS: Opened the way for AfricanAmericans to have
Constitutional (Civil) Rights
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15TH AMENDMENT
WHEN:
1870
WHAT:
Gave African-American men the
right to vote
EFFECTS: Paved the way for AfricanAmerican political
representation and turned
attention to woman’s suffrage
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