The Reconstruction

The Reconstruction

1. Rebuilding the South

   • Abraham Lincoln
     • "With malice towards none, with charity towards all, let us strive on to finish the work we are in."
       • With cruelty to no one, with kindness to all, let us work hard and move forwards to unite the nation and finish the Reconstruction.
     • Ten Percent Plan
       • Amnesty
         • Official pardon
       • Swear oath of loyalty to US
       • Louisiana
     • Assassination
       • Ford's Theater, Washington D.C.
         • "Our American Cousin"
       • John Wilkes Booth
         • Sneaked into President's box and shot in head
   • Wade-Davis Bill
     • Republican Congressmen thought 10% Plan did not go far enough
     • Majority
       • Difficult
       • Take loyalty oath
     • Rejected by Lincoln
   • Freedmen's Bureau
     • Heldped all southern people
       • Job training
       • Education
       • Direct handouts
         • Direct aid given with no debt
   • Andrew Johnson
     • 17th President
     • Johnson's Plan
       • Similar to Lincoln
       • Presidential pardon
         • Wealthy southerners and former Confederate officials
     • Congress wanted him to be tougher than Lincoln
     • Self-righteous, hot tempered, crude, potty-mouth

2. The Fight Over the Reconstruction

   • Black Codes
     • Jim Crow Laws
     • Limited freedom
       • Sign work contracts
         • Like slavery
       • If could not prove employment then was arrested
       • No guns
       • No renting property except in cities
   • Radical Republicans
     • Federal government should force change in South
       • Johnson did not go far enough
     • Influential in Congress
   • Freedman's Bureau Bill
     • Gave Freedmen's Bureau power to use military courts to try people accused of violating blacks' rights
     • Johnson vetoed
       • Congress cannot pass laws without southern representation
       • Blacks need no assistance
   • Civil Rights Act of 1866
     • Provided blacks with same rights as whites
     • Johnson vetoed
       • Rejected principle of equality
         • Race riots
           • Johnson's Ammunition
       • Overriden
   • Congressional Election of 1866
     • Black civil rights were key issue
     • Gave Republicans commanding 2/3 of party
       • Could override vetos
   • Reconstruction Acts
     • Divided South into 5 military districts
     • Had to rejoin
       • Rewrite 14th amendment supporting state constitution
       • Voting rights for blacks
     • Johnson disagreed
   • Election of 1868
     • Democrat Horatio Seymour
     • Republican Ulysses S. Grant
       • Won
   • Impeachment Trial
     • Congress passed law limiting Johnson's power to remove cabinet officials without Senate approval
       • Johnson broke law by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
     • Impeachment
       • Process by which public official is charged of wrongdoing by legislative body
     • By single vote Senate failed to impeach Johnson
       • Still reduced power as president

3. Reconstruction in the South

4. The Amendments

   • Thirteenth Amendment
     • Emancipation Proclamation
       • Only freed slaves in south
         • Hypocritical
     • Slavery illegal in US
   • Fourteenth Amerndment
     • All people born in US are US citizens
     • All citizens get equal protection of laws
   • Fifteenth Amendment
     • Voting rights for blacks
     • Women angry because did not give them voting rights