Plans for ReconstructionCharleston, SC 1865

South & Reconstruction1. Reconstruction: period after Civil War

a) Issues: How to let the South back in the union, rebuild South economy & give rights to slaves.

2. Should south be punished or let back in easily?

3. War ruined South’s economy. Destroyed factories, plantations & RXR. ¼ of White men 20 – 40 died.

4. Lincoln: Wants to let South back in easily

Southern Whites are Worried

Reconstruction Cond.

5. Radical Republicans: Members of Lincoln’s party, who opposed his plan

6. Congress passed Wade-Davis Bill: made majority of the South’s voters swear loyalty to Union before let back in.

7. Wade-Davis Bill is vetoed by Lincoln.8. Freedmen’s Bureau: Goal to give food,

clothes, healthcare & educate free blacks.

Johnson

9. Andrew Johnson: Supported state rights to choose what to do with slaves.

10. Black Codes: Laws passed in southern states to limit a Blacks’ freedom & keep them as landless workers.

11. KKK: First formed in 1865 to scare Blacks from voting

12. Civil Rights Act of 1866: Outlawed Black Codes with federal laws

The Union As It Was Harper's Weekly

• Shows black family between a lynched body and the remains of a burning schoolhouse, with the caption "Worse than Slavery".

Johnson’s Reconstruction13. Forced planters & ex-Confederates to write

him to apply for a pardon.14. “Reconstructed” South looks similar to

South of 1860.15. Blacks are tied to cotton fields with limited

freedoms16. Whites, some ex-CSA leaders had all power17. Johnson & Congress disagree on most issues.

Johnson supported states rights, not strong federal gov’t.

Military Reconstruction Act 1867

18. Congress passed laws that divided South into 5 military districts, ran by former Union generals to “reconstruct” south.

Military Reconstruction Act 1867

Impeached

19. Johnson is impeached for illegally firing a Senator

20. Impeach: Formally brought up on charges21. Johnson was impeached, but NOT removed

from office

Reconstruction Amendments

22. 14th Amendment: Gives citizenship. Outlaws states from passing laws to take away citizen rights

23. 15th Amendment: Gives right to vote to all citizens.

Reconstruction AssignmentWRITE & Answer Questions

1. What were three major issues of reconstruction?2. How did Lincoln’s, Congress’ & Johnson's

reconstruction plans differ?3. How did southern states try to keep the south to

the way it was before the war?4. How did the Reconstruction amendments extend

the rights of Blacks?5. EXPLAIN in detail how Reconstruction would’ve

been better/worse if Lincoln wasn’t assassinated.