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
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