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Reconstruction: 1865-1877
Rebuilding the Union after the
Civil War
Used to re-admit the Southern
states to the Union
Lincoln’s
10% Plan
Details
• To reunify the North &
South
• Based on forgiveness
• Pardoned all
Confederates except high
rank officials
• 10% swear allegiance to
the Union – states
admitted back into
Union
Supported by . . .
Republicans
Opposed by . . .
Radical Republicans
– minority party that
could sway
undecided
moderates
Wade-Davis
Bill 1864
•
Radical Republican
group passed a bill
• Required 50% of voters
to take “iron clad oath” •
of allegiance to the
Union
• Gave African
Americans civil liberties
• No voting rights
•
Supported by . . .
Radical Republicans –
legislative branch
Opposed by . . .
Lincoln and Johnson
– executive branch
Johnson’s Plan
for
Reconstruction
• Same as Lincoln’s
with few changes
• Break planters’
power – excluded
high ranking
Confederate officials
and wealthy land
owners of the South
•
•
Supported by . . .
Johnson & his
executive branch
Opposed by . . .
Congress – radical
republicans &
legislative branch
Congressional or
Radical Reconstruction
•
•
•
Congress shifted control
from the executive
branch to legislative
branch
Divided former
Confederate states into
military districts
States required to pass
the 14th and 15th
amendment
•
•
Supported by . . .
Congress – Radical
Republicans
Opposed by . . .
Johnson and
executive branch