27.3 Reconstruction

Main IdeaDuring Reconstruction, the president and Congress fought over how to rebuild the South.

Why It Matters NowReconstruction was an important step in the African-American struggle for civil rights.

CA Standards• 8.11.1 List the original aims of Reconstruction and describe

its effects on the political and social structures of different regions.

• 8.11.3 Understand the effects of the Freedman’s Bureau and the restrictions placed on the rights and opportunities of freedmen, including racial segregation and “Jim Crow” laws.

• 8.11.5 Understand the 13th Amendment and 14th Amendment to the Constitution and analyze their connection to Reconstruction.

Daily Guided Questions

1. How did Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan differ from the Wade-Davis Bill?

2. What was the Freedman Bureau’s main goals?

3. What did the 13th Amendment do and how did the South try to oppose it?

Quick Write

• Answer the following question in 60 words or more.• “Now with the Civil War over how

would you treat the CSA (The South), what would be your plan to reconstruct the country?”

Thirteenth Amendment

• Passed by Congress in January, 1865.

• Ratified by the end of the year.

• Banned slavery and forced labor in the United States.

• Gave Congress the power to create laws to enforce it.

Reconstruction

• Policy to reunite the country after the Civil War and readmit Confederate states, 1865-1877.

• Southern states lay in ruins.-no food.-no shelter.-no work.• Freed slaves, 3.5-4 million.

Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan

• Lenient plan to strengthen the Republican Party in the South.

-Loyalty from 10% of voters needed to organize a new state government.-Government had to abolish slavery.-Ex-Confederates who swore loyalty given amnesty (government forgiveness).

Wade-Davis Bill

• Radical Republicans’ strict plan.• Loyalty from 50% of voters needed to re-

enter Union.• State Government needed to abolish

slavery.• Ex-Confederates barred from voting and

holding office.

Reflect and Share• Take a minute to answer the first

DGQ.• Then share the answer with your

partner.• Add/Change your answer.How did Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan differ from the Wade-Davis Bill?

Freedman’s Bureau• Congress created, March 1865.• Dealt with freedmen, slaves freed due to war.-Provided emergency relief.-Freedman schools.

-Black Colleges.-Help find jobs.-Helped resolve disputes between whites and A.A.

-Set up its own courts.

Reflect and Share

• Take a minute to answer the second DGQ.• Then share the answer with your

partner.• Add/Change your answer.What was the Freedman Bureau’s main goals?

Lincoln’s Assassination• Assassinated on April 14, 1865.-John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head while he watched a play at Ford’s Theater.-Shot and killed when trying to escape two weeks later.-Eight convicted and four hung for their involvement in plot. • Ended any chance of a lenient Reconstruction.• VP Andrew Johnson became successor.

Andrew Johnson

• Southern Democrat from TN. who never seceded.

• Hates CSA, but takes a lenient approach towards Reconstruction.

Primary Source pg. 638

• Read the Primary Source: Frederick Douglass, What the Black Man Wants, on textbook page 638. • Read the primary source and answer

the three questions at the bottom of the page.

Study Guide pg. 190

• Copy down and complete the study guide on page 190.• Use textbook pages 420-425 to

complete it.• You have 30 min.