reconstruction, part i
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purposes of reconstruction, lincoln/johnson, radical republican plansTRANSCRIPT
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Reconstruction
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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
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Lincoln’s PlanLincoln’s Plan• Pardon all
Southerners who swear allegiance to the Union, except Confederate leaders and those accused of crimes against prisoners of war
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Lincoln’s PlanLincoln’s Plan• Once 10% of
voting population did so, the States could form new governments and send representatives to Congress
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Lincoln AssassinatedLincoln Assassinated
• April 14, 1865• Lincoln is
shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater
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Lincoln AssassinatedLincoln Assassinated
• Lincoln dies next day
• Andrew Johnson assumes presidency
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Andrew Johnson’s Plan
• Same as Lincoln’s Plan
• PLUS each former Confederate State had to ratify 13th Amendment
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13th Amendment - ends slaveryDecember 1865
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Congress and Pres. Congress and Pres. Johnson clash over Johnson clash over
Reconstruction Reconstruction PlansPlans
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Radical Republicans’ PlanRadical Republicans’ Plan
• Leader Thaddeus Stevens
• Believed the States did secede
• Wanted to punish the Southern States for the rebellion
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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
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Southern PunishmentSouthern Punishment
• Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 –Divided south into 5 military controlled
districts
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Southern PunishmentSouthern Punishment
• Freedmen’s Bureau - provided food, medicine, and education to freed Blacks
• 14th Amendment – defined citizenship to include former slaves;
banned discrimination
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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.