Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

• What does reconstruct mean after the Civil War.
• What kind of US would it have been if Lincoln
  would not have been assassinated?

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American History Chapter 5 Reconstruction

• I. Presidential Reconstruction

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Objectives

• Learn about conditions in the south following the
  Civil War.
• Analyze Lincolns and Johnsons Reconstruction
  plans for similarities.
• Find out how newly freed slaves began to rebuild
  their lives.

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A) The Wars Aftermath

• reconstruction program to repair the damage
  South and restore the South to the Union.
• War destroyed 2/3 of South shipping industry,
  9,000 miles of rail, farm value fell 70
• North lost 364,000 and South 260,000 1 out of 3
  Southern men killed
• 4 million freed slaves hungry, jobless
  plantation owners lost 3 billion dollars worth of
  property poor white southerner had to move West
  for new life
• Should the South be punished? Who is in charge
  of Reconstruction? President or Congress? How do
  you protect blacks civil rights?
• 2) Pardon official forgiveness of a crime.

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B) Lincolns and Johnsons Reconstruction Plans

• Lincoln (10 plan)
• Pardon all after oath
• No pardons to people who killed African Americans
• After 10 take oath, have a state convention to
  write new constitution
• States hold elections and resume being in the
  Union

• Johnson
• Pardon all after oath
• Hold state constitutional convention without 10
• Required to void secession, slavery, and cannot
  pay back debt.
• Hold elections and rejoin union.
• No officers unless ask Johnson personally
• Hated rich

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• Congress did no like Lincolns plan
• 3) Radical Republicans ultra-conservatives
  thought Civil War was fought over slavery.
• Thought Lincoln too lenient passed Wade-Davis
  bill strict Lincoln pocket vetoed it.
• 4) Pocket veto bills that die when Congress is
  out of session and the president doesnt sign or
  veto it.

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C) The Taste of Freedom

• Slaves now have freedom of movement look for
  lost family members
• Have freedom to own land Sherman tried to give
  40 acres of land to ex-slaves Johnson gave it
  back.
• Black churches spring up
• Freedom to learn between 1865 1870 black
  educators founded 30 African American college
• 5) Freedmens Bureau created to help black
  southerners adjust to freedom first major
  federal relief agency.
• Gave out clothing, medical supplies, and millions
  of meals. - received formal education in Bureau
  schools

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Review

• What condition was the South in following the
  Civil War?
• How were Lincolns and Johnsons Reconstruction
  plans similar?
• How did the newly freed slaves begin to rebuild
  their lives?