RECONSTRUCTION

RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR?1. THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE U.S.

BEGAN TO REBUILD AFTER THE CIVIL WAR FROM 1865 TO 1877.

2. THE TERM ALSO REFERS TO THE PROCESS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USED TO READMIT THE DEFEATED CONFEDERATE STATES TO THE UNION.

LINCOLN’S PLAN THROUGHOUT WAS TO RESTORE THE UNION.

POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION

LINCOLN’S PLAN- FAVORED A LENIENT RECONSTRUCTION PLAN.

LINCOLN’S “10-PERCENT PLAN” UNDER THE PLAN THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PARDON ALL CONFEDERATES EXCEPT HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS AND THOSE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST PRISONERS OF WAR.

UNDER LINCOLN’S TERMS, 4 STATES– ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA MOVED TOWARD READMISSION TO THE UNION.

10 PERCENT PLAN

Lincoln's "10 percent plan" A Reconstuction plan introduced in

December 1863 where a

seceded state could be readmitted back into the Union

after 10% of the state's population's voters took an

oath of allegiance to the Union and pledged to enforce

the emancipation proclamation. Following that, the

states could elect a government which would write a new

state constitution -- which HAD to permanently abolish

POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION

RADICAL REPUBLICANS –

1. WANTED TO DESTROY THE POWER OF THE SLAVE HOLDERS.

2. WANTED TO GIVE AFRICAN AMERICANS FULL CITIZENSHIP & THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

RADICAL REPUBLICANS WERE LEAD BY:

SENATOR CHARLES SUMNER OF MASSACHUSETTS.

THADDEUS STEVENS OF PENNSLYVANIA.

POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION

ANDREW JOHNSON PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION:

THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE FROM LINCOLN WAS:

JOHNSON DID NOT WANT THE HIGH RANKING CONFEDERATES & WEALTHY SOUTHERN LANDOWNERS FROM TAKING THE OATH NEEDED FOR VOTING PRIVILEGES.

JOHNSON ALSO PARDONED 13,000 CONFEDERATES BECAUSE HE WANTED THEM TO MANAGE THE SOUTH.

THE REST OF THE SOUTHERN STATE AGREED TO JOHNSON’S TERMS.

POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION

JOHNSON’S PLAN ANGERED MANY MODERATE AND RADICAL REPUBLICANS.

THIS LEAD TO CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION.

THESE INCLUDED THE 13, 14, & 15TH AMENDMENTS:

13TH -(RATIFIED IN 1865) ABOLISHED SLAVERY, OR INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE, EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR A CRIME WAS ILLEGAL.

POLITICS OF RECONSTRUCTION

CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION14TH AMENDMENT- (RATIFIED 1868)

PREVENTED STATES FROM DENYING RIGHTS AND PRIVELEGES TO ANY U.S. CITIZENS.

A PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE U.S. ARE ALL CITIZENS.

PURPOSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT WAS TO NULLIFY THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.

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CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION15TH AMENDMENT-RIGHT TO VOTE

(RATIFIED IN 1870).NO ONE CAN BE DENIED THE RIGHT TO

VOTE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, OR PREVIOUS CONDITION OF SERVITUDE.

SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

CONDITIONS OF THE POST-WAR SOUTH1 DEVASTATED THE SOUTH ECONOMICALLY.2. VALUE OF THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY HAD

PLUMMETED.3. POPULATION OF THE SOUTH WAS

DEVASTATED.4. DEATHS OF MUCH OF THE WORKFORCE IN

THE SOUTH.5. RESULTS: THE GOVERNMENT BAGAN

PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS TO REPAIR THE SOUTH.

SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

WHAT IS A PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM?DID TWO THINGS: 1. IMPROVED THE AREA

IN WHICH IS WAS BUILT & 2. IT PROVIDED PEOPLE WITH JOBS.

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT?

1. RAILROADS, BRIDGES, SCHOOLS, HIGHWAYS, DAMS, CANALS, ETC.

PUBLIC WORKS EXAMPLES

SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

REPUBLICANS MEMBERS IN THE SOUTH HAD CONFLICTING VIEWS.

SCALAWAGS-WHITE SOUTHERNERS THAT WANTED TO IMPROVE THEIR ECONOMIC POSITION.CARPETBAGGERS-NORTHERNERS THAT CAME TO THE SOUTH TO PROFIT.AFRICAN AMERICANS-EXERCISED THEIR RIGHTS TO VOTE AND OTHER RIGHTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THEM.

SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THOSE 3 GROUPS MAKING UP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS?

LACK OF UNITY WITHIN THE PARTY.THE GROUPS HAD THEIR OWN AGENDA.

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION

SHARECROPPING AND TENANT FARMING-

WAS DEVELOPED TO ALLOW FORMER SLAVES AND POOR WHITE FARMERS TO EARN A LIVING.1. THE SET-UP OF SHARECROPING &

TENANT FARMING ?2. LANDOWNERS DIVIDED THEIR LAND AND

ASSIGNED EACH HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD A FEW ACRES, ALONG WITH SEED & SOIL.

3. SHARECROPPERS KEPT A SMALL AMOUNT AND GAVE THE REST TO THE LANDOWNERS.