Title: Reconstruction 3 Plans Lincoln
1Reconstruction3 PlansLincolns Johnson, Radical
Republicans
- Reconstruction 1865-1877 a period when the
federal government tried to repair the damage to
the South restore southern states to the Union
2Lincolns Plan
- 10 plan
- Former Confederate states would be readmitted
to the Union if 10 of their citizens took an
oath of loyalty to the Union (amnesty) ratified
the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery. - Congress saw Lincolns plan as a threat to
Congressional authority Legislative v.
Executive - Opposition to plan Radical Republicans saw
Lincolns plan as too lenient wanted to punish
the South responded with the Wade-Davis Bill
-50 (pocket veto) - Not put into effect because Lincoln was
assassinated.
3Andrew Johnsons PlanPresidential Reconstruction
- Southern states were required to nullify their
acts of secession, abolish slavery (ratify the
13th Amendment), refuse to pay (repudiate)
Confederate war debts to be readmitted to the
Union - Johnson also pardoned all rebels except
ex-Confederate officeholders the richest
planters unless they personally asked to be
pardoned. - Souths response Black Codes
4Radical Republican orCongressional Reconstruction
- Military Reconstruction Act
- Increased the requirements for gaining
readmission to the Union had to ratify the 14th
Amendment place guarantees in its Constitution
for granting the right to vote to all adult males
regardless of race (15th Amendment)
5Reasons why Reconstruction came to an end
- The rise of the KKK
- KKK aimed at African Americans Southern
Republicans - KKK goal keep African Americans in the role of
submissive laborers prevent them from voting
Federal response Enforcement Act of 1870 - People were tired of Reconstruction.
- Reconstruction symbolized corruption, greed, poor
government. - Reconstruction meant taxes!
- The rise of the Solid South.
6How did Reconstruction come to an end?
- The event marking the end of Reconstruction was a
deal made between the Democratic Republican
Parties. - Election of 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) v.
Samuel Tilden (D) - Compromise of 1877 In the election of 1876,
Hayes would become the next president if he
removed the federal troops from the South.
7VOCABULARY
- Wade-Davis Bill
- black codes
- Civil Rights Act 1866 (citizenship to all persons
born in the US except Native Americans) - Carpetbaggers/scalawags
- Graft
- Whiskey Ring
- New South
8Black Codes - varied from state to state- aimed
to keep African Americans in a condition
similar to slavery- included labor contracts-
children had to accept apprenticeships in some
states could be beaten or whipped- included
specific work hours- required to get licenses
tow ork in nonagricultural jobs
9Whiskey Ring a scandal during Grants 2nd
term a group of government officials
distillers cheated the government of millions of
dollars by filing false tax reports
10New South(still mainly agrarian) more
industrial, but most people still worked in
agriculture tenant farmers, sharecroppers
a thriving iron steel industry developed
(AL) tobacco in NC debt for African Americas