Reconstruction

Reconstruction 1865-Reconstruction 1865-18771877

• Re-building of the South after the Civil War

• Process of re-admitting Confederate states back into the United States

Lincoln’s PlanLincoln’s Plan• Pardon all

Southerners who swear allegiance to the Union

• Confederate leaders and war criminals arrested for treason

Lincoln’s PlanLincoln’s Plan• Once 10% of

voting population did so, the States could form new governments and send representatives to Congress

Lincoln AssassinatedLincoln Assassinated

• April 14, 1865• Lincoln is

shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater

Lincoln AssassinatedLincoln Assassinated

• Lincoln dies next day

• Andrew Johnson assumes presidency

Andrew Johnson’s Plan

• Same as Lincoln’s Plan

• PLUS each former Confederate State had to ratify 13th Amendment

13th Amendment - ends slaveryDecember 1865

Congress and Pres. Congress and Pres. Johnson clash over Johnson clash over

Reconstruction Reconstruction PlansPlans

Radical Republicans’ PlanRadical Republicans’ Plan

• Leader Thaddeus Stevens

• Believed the States did secede

• Wanted to punish the Southern States for the rebellion

Radical Republicans’ PlanRadical Republicans’ Plan

• Congress had the constitutional power to readmit the States not the President

• Wanted all African Americans to be given full citizenship and voting rights

Southern PunishmentSouthern Punishment

• Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 –Divided south into 5 military controlled

districts

Southern PunishmentSouthern Punishment

• Freedmen’s Bureau - provided food, medicine, and education to freed Blacks

• 14th Amendment – defined citizenship to include former slaves;

banned discrimination

ImpeachmentImpeachment• Congress passes the

Tenure of Office Act to control Johnson.

• He defies it and is impeached.

• He falls one vote short of being removed from office.