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Reconstruction
1865-1877
“As a general rule, I abstain from reading
the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing
not to be provoked by that to which I can not
properly offer an answer.” – Abraham Lincoln,
(Washington, DC, April 11, 1865), his last
public speech.
By Sergio Gonzales
 Well, before Reconstruction, there was the American Civil War. This Civil War
was all about the North VS. the South. Once upon a time, though, the North
and the South were once together called the Union. But then the South wanted
to keep slavery, and the North did not like it. The south segregated away and
became the confederate states in act to keep slavery. But the North could not
stand by. They took action against the South and won. Post-war time,
Reconstruction wants to bring the states together to form the Union again.
During this, Lincoln is assassinated in 1865, and Andrew Johnson takes over,
Congress and Johnson battle in 1866, Congress passes the Reconstruction Acts
of 1867, and by the 1870’s, most states are redeemed back into the union, and
the Reconstruction era finally comes to and end in 1877.
What is
Reconstruction?

Reconstruction generally refers to the
period of time that occurs immediately after
the American Civil War. It was a time where
the Confederate states, also known as the
south, are to be be re-established back into
the Union, under President Lincoln’s leniency.
Eventually by the 1870’s, most southern
states have been redeemed from Republican
rule, and the Democratic Party controlled the
south.
What what was the main
condition for readmittance of the
Confederates?
The main condition for
re-admittance was that at
least ten percent of the voting
population in 1860 would take
an oath of allegiance to the
Union.
Why did the radicals
criticize President
Lincoln’s leniency
towards the South?

The radicals wanted
to ensure that the freed
blacks were fully
protected of their given
rights. They felt he did not
seem to fufill that.
What did the
Congress pass, and
what did it do?
 The Congress passed
Reconstruction Acts of
1867. This divided the
confederate states into
five military districts. (This
did not include Tennessee
as the state had already
What was each state
then required to do?
 After the Congress
passed the
Reconstruction Acts of
1867, each state was then
required to accept the
13th and 14th
Amendments to the
What did the
Congress fail to
secure, and what was
its outcome?
The Congress failed to
secure land for the blacks,
which then allowed whites
to economically have
control over blacks.
 But not only does Reconstruction affect how the
southern states are being let back into the Union,
Reconstruction also affects African-Americans in a
positive way. Firstly, it helped abolish slavery, and tried
to make it permanent. Then it was applied, the 13th and
14th Ammendments, that would grant blacks political
rights and freedom
that would forever
change perspective
in the future.
"Ole missus used tu read
de good book tu us, black
'uns, on Sunday evenin's,
but she mostly read dem
places whar it says,
'Sarvints obey your
masters,' an' didn't stop tu
splane it like de teachers;
an' now we is free, dar's
heaps o' tings in dat ole
book, we is jes' sufferin' tu
A black man
who is excited
that he is able to
read all the Bible
with his
freedman’s
education.
"An
Ordinance to
dissolve the
Union
between the
State of South
Carolina and
other States,"