Post on 14-Jan-2016
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QUESTIONS OF RECONSTRUCTION
FOCUS QUESTION
In a short response of one to three sentences, reply to the following prompt:
• Which do you suppose is more difficult, making war or waging peace?
OBJECTIVES
After today’s lesson, you will:• Outline the three rival plans for Reconstruction• Discuss some of the questions which faced the
nation during the Reconstruction Era
RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
• The Union was preserved• Slavery ended• Emancipation in
rebellious states• Thirteenth Amendment
ratified in 1865• Lincoln assassinated
RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR (II)
• Economic shift in the U.S.• Wealth transferred from the South to the North• Southern economy left a shambles
• Northern industrial economy grew dramatically• Numerous government
contracts for goods• Revised banking
standards
WAGING PEACE
Numerous questions arose1. Who will be in charge of Reconstruction?2. How will Southern states re-enter the Union?3. What will be done with former Confederate
officials?4. How should the Southern political and economic
structure be formed?5. What will be done with the Freedmen?
THE 10% PLAN
Floated by Lincoln in 1863• States readmitted to the Union when:• 10% of the voting population of 1860 swore
allegiance to the U.S.• Swore to support emancipation
• Supported the Freedmen’s Bureau
CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
Wade-Davis Bill• States could re-enter the Union when:• 50% of voters swore they never supported the
Confederacy• Demanded guarantees of racial equality
• Pocket Vetoed by Lincoln
PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION
Proposed by Andrew Johnson• Supported the 10% Plan• Required states to ratify the 13th Amendment
• Did not support the Freedmen’s Bureau
FREEDMEN’S BUREAU
• Agency designed to help former slaves and poor whites• Provided health care, education, and basics• Fueled by Northern abolitionists and Free Blacks• Began during the war
• Reauthorization in 1866 vetoed by President Johnson• Veto overridden by Congress
SOUTHERN RESPONSES
• Three states quickly abided by 10% Plan in 1865• Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas
• Elected former Confederates to the House and Senate• Infuriated the North• Refused to seat these congressmen
• Sets up an issue with President Johnson
PRESSING THE ISSUE
• Numerous Southern states pass a series of Black Codes• Laws designed to restrict behavior of African-
Americans• Draconian work rules• Rules for travel• Rules for public gatherings• Rules for carrying weapons
• Clear violation of Civil Liberties
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866
• Both Radical and Moderate Republicans angered• Black Codes attempted to erase the results of
the War• Passed the first Civil Rights Act in 1866
• Vetoed by President Johnson• Violated the states rights clause of the
Constitution• Ruined his chance to forge a national coalition
party• Veto overridden by Congress
SUMMARY
• In a short response, explain how you might have improved this lesson