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Reconstruction Plans
How to bring the Union together?
What is Reconstruction???
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Definition:
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Time Period:
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After Lincoln was assassinated, who became president?
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What was the problem with Reconstruction?
LINCOLN’S PLAN
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Before the end of the war, Lincoln started a plan for Reconstruction. Plan Name:
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
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Did he want to punish the South?
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1st Requirement:
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2nd Requirement:
Or…
RADICAL REPUBLICAN PLAN
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Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and Charles Sumner of Massachusetts wanted to
_________________ the South
Goal 1:
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Goal 2:
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Who did they want to give voting power to?
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The moderate Republicans compromised with the Radicals…
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Requirement 1: ___________ of white men had to take oath of allegiance to the Union
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Requirement 2: States had to __________ slavery, prevent former officials and
military officers from voting or holding ____________
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Why was the Wade-Davis Bill not passed?
Or…
WADE-DAVIS BILL
Or…
JOHNSON’S PLAN
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Which one was his similar to?
Goal 1
Goal 2
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What did each Southern state have to ratify?
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Why were Radical Republicans angry?
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Reconstruction Legislation (laws passed to help freed slaves or punish the South)
Freedmen’s Bureau
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What was the purpose?
Civil Rights Act of 1866 & the 14th Amendment
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Why? To override the _______________________ which were limited rights of African Americans in the South
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What did the Civil Rights Act do?
o Granted ________________________ to all persons born in the US except Native Americans
o Allowed African Americans to own property and stated that they were to be treated equally in court
o Gave the federal government the power to sue people who violated these rights
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The 14th Amendment reinforced the Civil Rights Act?
o Granted ___________________ to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and are guaranteed
______________________________ under the law
MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1867
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What did it do?
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Why was it the “military” plan?
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What were the new state constitutions required to do?
o Give right to _____________ to all male citizens
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Had to ratify the ___________ Amendment
15th Amendment
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What did the
Amendment do? Declared that the right to _____________ “shall not be denied…on account of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude.”
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Which party supported the 15th Amendment?
15th
JOHNSON GETS IMPEACHED (almost!)
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What is impeachment?
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Who impeaches the president?
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Why did the Radical Republicans want Johnson impeached?
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What is the Tenure of Office Act?
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Was he impeached?
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Life in the South during Reconstruction
Positive Changes for Freed Slaves
Political Influences (385)
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Party of North –
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Party of South –
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Southerners who joined Republican Party – __________________ - old Scotch-Irish term for weak, underfed, worthless
animals
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Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War – _______________________ - arrived with suitcases made of carpet
bags
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Why did they move to the South?
Opposition to Reconstruction (394-395)
What was the largest secret society in opposition to Reconstruction?
What was their goal, how did they achieve it?
What were some of the actions of the Klan members?
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No Economic Opportunities for Former Slaves (p. 391)
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What caused freed slaves to work as Sharecroppers and Tenet Farmers?
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Sharecropping -
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Tenet Farming-
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How was sharecropping similar to slavery?
ELECTION OF 1876 OR THE HAYES TILDEN COMPROMISE (p.399)
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What did the Democrats call their return to power in the South?
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Republican Candidate –
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Who was made president?
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Why?
Democrat Candidate –
Lasting Effects of an Unfinished Reconstruction
Poll Tax:
Grandfather Clause:
Literacy Tests:
Jim Crow Laws:
Critical Thinking on Reconstruction…
Reconstruction came to end when northern troops left the South and gave the southern politicians the ability to make
decisions on their own.
Was Reconstruction successful?
Consider the fact that all the states were back in the union, but had the economic and social opportunities for freed slaves
really changed?
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The Civil War Ends (1865)
The 13th Amendment is passed abolishing slavery everywhere (1865)
Lincolns creates his 10% plan
Lincoln is Assassinated (1865)
Radical Republicans propose the Wade Davis Bill
Andrew Johnson Continues Lincolns reconstruction policies
Congress passes the Freedman’s Buerau to help freed slaves adjust to free life (1866)
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to give African Americans the vote and block slave codes
Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act and the Freedman’s Bureau
The 14th amendment is passed granting slaves citizenship
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 is passed by the Radical Republicans to override Johnson’s Plan
Johnson Vetoes The Reconstruction Act of 1867 but is overridden by congress
Johnson is brought up on impeachment charges but is not actually impeached
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Ulysses S. Grant is elected president
The 15th amendment is passed granting freed slaves the right to vote
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