Warm Up: 2/24The following picture illustrates the Union’s

Military strategy .Why do you think this plan was nicknamed the

Anaconda Plan?

Anaconda Plan

Anaconda Plan- 3 part strategy used by

the Union to defeat Confederacy 1. Blockade Southern ports2. Move down the

Mississippi River and split the confederacy in 2

3. Capture the confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.

ReconstructionPeriod after Civil War

1865-1877

Reconstruction Lincoln’s Ten Percent

Plan Johnson’s Plan

Pardon all Confederates who swear allegiance to Union

Reunite country as quickly as possible

CriticismFar to lenient Included nothing about

ensuring rights and citizenship of blacks

States must swear allegiance to Union

Adopt 13th Amendment

CriticismIncluded nothing about

the needs of blacks Did not protect voting

rights, land rights, or equal protection under the law

Radical RepublicansGroup of Republican Senators who will control

ReconstructionFelt Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan was weak and

did not protect the rights of former slaves. RR sought to protect the rights of former slaves

by:Creating Military Districts- send US military to

protect and keep orderSouth will be divided into 7 districts

Passing the 14th AmendmentGuarantee “Due Process” and equal rightsFull citizenship for former slavesStates must adopt 14th amendment to be readmitted into

Union

Radical Republican Achievements

1. Freedmen’s Bureau Govt. agency- give food,

medical care, clothing Set up hospitals and

schools

2. 13th Amendment Abolish slavery

3. 14th Amendment Due process and equal

rights

4. 15th Amendment Universal male suffrage

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

ImpeachmentElected official breaks a law and can be

removed from officePresident Andrew Johnson

Impeached for violating the Tenure of Office ActTenure of Office Act- President can’t interfere with

Reconstruction efforts of Radical RepublicansImpeachment Trial

Johnson WILL NOT be impeached by one voteJohnson will not interfere again with Reconstruction

End of Reconstruction

End with the Election of 1876 and the Hayes-Tilden Compromise (Election ends in a draw)Hayes-Tilden Compromise

Republican Candidate Hayes wins presidencyRepublicans must withdraw the military from the

SouthSouth will no longer have military protection

Democrats will control states governments in the South

South After Reconstruction

SharecroppingMost former slaves

and poor whites will be sharecroppers

SharecroppingFarmers who must pay

rent for the land they use

Most are poor and barely able to get by

South After Reconstruction

Black CodesLaws passed by Southern

states to limit blacks from certain things (owning guns or testifying against whites)

Ku Klux KlanHate group formed to

intimidate blacks and prevent them from voting and enjoying new freedoms (13, 14, 15 amendments)

South After Reconstruction

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)- US Supreme Court case that ruled on segregation- said separate but equal was ConstitutionalDefend segregation and Jim

Crow laws in the South

Jim Crow- laws set up in South to segregate blacks and whites and provide separate facilities (restaurants, hospitals, schools, etc)