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CHAPTER 12

Discussion Questions

12.1

Rival Plans for Reconstruction

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

How does this famous quotation from Abraham

Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural address show the goals of his

plans for Reconstruction?

LINCOLN’S WORDSMARCH 4 , 1865

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with

firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right,

let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind

up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall

have borne the battle and for his widow and his

orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a

just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all

nations.” – Second Inaugural Address

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

How does this famous quotation from Abraham

Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural address show the goals of his

plans for Reconstruction?

HOW MUCH DID THE WAR AGE THE PRESIDENT?

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham

-lincoln/videos/lincolns-life-

masks

What do you notice about the change of his

physical features in such a short time?

LINCOLN’S 10% PLAN(5 POINTS)

10% of voters of a state take a loyalty oath to the Union the

could set up a new government

State needs to abolish slavery and provide education for

African-Americans = regain representation in Congress

Grant pardons to former Confederate Generals

Compensation for lost property

No requirement for social and political equality for African-

Americans

WADE – DAVIS B ILL(2 MAIN DIFFERENCES)

Radical Republicans are a faction that want to

severely punish the South

Majority of former Confederate stare’s voters must

swear a loyalty oath to the Union.

Guarantee of equality for African-Americans

What does Lincoln do to the bill?

AN IMPORTANT NOTE

This is the beginning of a battle between the

Executive and Legislative Branch for control of not

only Reconstruction but overall power.

GOVERNMENT AIDS FREEDOM

What was the Freedman’s Bureau’s goal?

What were some actual things it did?

JOHNSON’S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN

Offers pardons and land restoration to former

Confederates = loyalty oath

States ratify 13th Amendment

Draft a Constitution that abolishes Slavery

What was his reasoning behind the pardons?

What were his views on and goals for African-

Americans?

SOUTHERNERS A IM TO RESTORE OLD WAYS

How did the Southern state conventions cause

controversy?

What were the Black Codes and what were some

examples?

CONGRESS FIGHTS BACK

What happens when Southern reps arrive in

Washington DC?

What part of Congress’ Freedman’s Bureau plan

leads to Johnson’s veto?

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866? What

happened to it?

RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION

Let’s look at the quotation on P. 406

The mid-term election of 1866 swings the make-up

of Congress. The Radicals create a coalition that

gives them a 2/3 majority in both houses. The battle

for control begins!

RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION

Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 (4 parts)

1. Divides South into 5 military districts

2. Sets up standards for state governments and

recognition

3. New state constitutions guarantee suffrage for

African-Americans

4. State must ratify the 14th Amendment

JOHNSON S IMPEACHMENT(TURN TO A PARTN ER)

Why was he impeached?

Let’s Review.

1. What are 2 parts to the 14th Amendment?

2. What did the 15th Amendment do?

RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION

14th Amendment (4 points)

1. Equal protection under the law

2. No voting rights for African – Americans equals lost

representation in the House.

3. Bars Confederates from holding federal or state offices

4. Also grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil

12.2

We will do this in a chart with a partner.

12.3

The End of Reconstruction

THE NATION CONSDIERS OTHER MATTERS

U.S. Grants becomes President in 1868 but his

administration was known for corruption.

Who was “Boss” Tweed?

Bank failures lead to economic depression (1873)

WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END?

Why did Northern support evaporate?

Supreme Court Cases

1) Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) – What was the

main ruling?

2) USA v. Cruikshank (1875)

WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END?

How did Southern Whites regain power and

supress African-American rights?

Who were the redeemers?

THE “STOLEN” ELECTION OF 1876

Rutherford B. Hayes

v.

Samuel Tilden

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

Republican

His opponent was

Samuel J.

Tilden(Dem)

Hayes was

considered the

underdog in this

election

THE ELECTION RESULTS

There are 39 states in the Union.There is a total of 369 Electoral VotesThe majority needed was 185Tilden has 184 electoral votesHayes has 16520 electoral votes are disputed4 states are Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon

THE DECISIONCongress sets up a special commission to decide the election

5 US House Members, 5 Senators, and 5 Supreme Court

Justices

They vote on party lines - 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats

means Hayes won

THE DEALThe federal troops would leave the South along

with an end to Reconstruction.*

Federal money sent to the South for a railroad and

to improve rivers and harbors

A conservative Southern Democrat would serve in

Hayes’ cabinet.