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The Politics of Reconstruction
Assassination of LincolnAndrew JohnsonReconstruction - 10 % planRadical RepublicansThaddeus StevensWade-Davis BillFreedman’s Bureau
Assassination of Lincoln
April 14, 1865 Lincoln went to Ford’s Theater to relax John Wilkes Booth
Southern sympathizer Shot Lincoln in the head Part of a conspiracy
Lincoln died the next day Booth was tracked down and killed 12 days
later
Andrew Johnson
VP for LincolnDemocrat from Tenn.Former slave owner, but later favored
abolitionismWanted harsh treatment for the leaders
of the rebellion in early ’65
Why the South lost the War
Lack of resourcesLoss of Stonewall JacksonManpower
Reconstruction
1863-1877 Reconstruction PeriodThe war ended in Tenn. in ’63Lincoln proposed a reconstruction plan
known as the 10 % planWhen 10% of those who voted in the 1860
election-except high Confederate officers or criminals-swore an oath of allegiance to the Union, a new state gov’t could be set up
Reverse order of succession
Radical Republicans
Opposed Lincoln’s planLed by Sen. Charles Sumner (Mass.)
and Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (Penn.)Wanted to destroy the political power of
former slave owners and they wanted to give African-Americans the right to voteNo other country had freed its slaves and
given them the right to vote.
Wade Davis Bill
Idea created in ‘64Response to Lincoln’s 10% planProposed Congress be in charge of
ReconstructionA majority of state’s population had to swear
allegiance to the union in order for a state government to be set up.
Lincoln pocket vetoed the billRepublicans were angry
Johnson’s plan
Johnson announced his own plan and implemented itPlaced the President in charge of Recon.
Renounce secessionSwear allegiance to the UnionAnnul Confederate war debtsRatify the 13th amendment
Johnson’s Plan cont.
Failed to address the needs of slavesLandVoting rightsProtection under the law
Most states complied with Johnson by Dec. ’65
Johnson considered Reconstruction finished
Freedmans Bureau
Established in the last months of the war to help freed slaves and poor whites with food and clothingHospitalsSchools Industrial InstitutesTeacher training centers
Program expanded in 1866
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