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Reconstruction
Healing a Broken Nation
Reconstruction
Lincoln’s Plan Pardon confederates who
take a oath of loyalty to the U.S. Constitution
10% of voters take oath and support 13th Amendment a state gov’t could be established
Will not recognize the concept of secession
Very lenient plan
Radical Republicans
Thaddeus Stevens & Charles Sumner
Punishment must be the goal
Confederate generals must be removed from power forever
Protect Republican control of congress
Create a Republican party in the south
Secure a tariff, National Bank, and Transcontinental Railroad
Wade-Davis Bill 1864
Passed by the Radical Republicans in Congress Southern States would be placed under military
rule Majority of the people must take an oath to the
U.S. Constitution States must pass laws that prohibit slavery and
honor all war debts Lincoln “pocket veto’s” Wade-Davis Bill, enrages
the Radical Republicans
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
Lincoln’s death changed everything
Johnson favored moderate plan like Lincoln
Southern civilians as Governors
Cancel war debts, withdraw proclamation of secession
Johnson and Radical Republicans would battle
Radical Republicans Plan
14th amendment – granted citizenship
Rebellion states, revert back to territories
5 military states would be established
African Americans must be allowed to vote for leaders in south
No Confederate leader is allowed in government
Radical legislation
Tenure of Office Act Freedman’s Bureau Civil Rights Act of 1865 All were vetoed by
Andrew Johnson Radical Republicans
were able to override all of the veto's
Johnson’s Impeachment
Fires Secretary of War Stanton
House finds this grounds for Impeachment
35 Senators vote “guilty” 19 Senators vote “not guilty” wins by 1 vote
Remains President, but he no longer has power
Election of 1868
Radicals solidify control of US
Elect war hero U.S.S. Grant
Elected with the help of Black voters
Ku Klux Klan
15th amendment secured voting rights for African Americans
KKK grew to scare blacks from voting Scare tactics Made their life a living hell
Jim Crow Laws
Legal laws to prevent African Americans from voting
Poll Tax Literacy Test Grandfather Clause Black codes: curfew, land restriction, lower
wages Plessy Vs. Ferguson: enforced separate but
equal
End of Reconstruction
Election of 1876 Democrats = Samuel Tilden, NY Republicans = Rutherford B.
Hayes, OH Tilden wins popular vote, and 3
southern states send in two different electoral ballots
Republicans in House pick Hayes
Southern Democrats agreed to support Hayes if he would withdraw military from south