THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
1865-1877
Goal #20
Congress and the
President argue
over how to
rebuild
the South.
RECONSTRUCT
“To put back together”
I. LINCOLN‟S PLAN
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Put the country back
together again “let „em up
easy”
1. pardon the
Confederates - amnesty
2. bring Southern states
back FAST into Union
LINCOLN‟S PLAN
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When 10% of state‟s pop. took a loyalty
oath*State could rejoin the Union, elect officials
& send representatives to Congress
*Some African-Americans given right to
vote
II. CONGRESS‟ PLAN
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Congress controlled by Radical Republicans
They wanted to punish the South with much
harsher conditions
Thaddeus
Stevens
Charles
Sumner
CONGRESS‟ PLAN
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Lincoln vetoed Congress‟ plan- he was
assassinated a month later
RECONSTRUCTION
What will the new PresidentAndrew Johnson do?
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III. RECONSTRUCTION & JOHNSON
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Johnson wanted to let ALL the Southern states rejoin the Union right
away
It made Congress very angry
Republicans in Congress had been running the
show by themselves for 4 years
•
• Didn‟t want Southern Democratic Senators back
because they liked having all the power
•Hatched a plan to get rid of President Johnson
IV. JOHNSON‟S IMPEACHMENT
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Congress made it illegal for Johnson to fire
people
Johnson wanted to fire Sec. of War Edwin Stanton
He supported the Radical Republicans
Johnson‟s Impeachment
Johnson fired him
anyway & House of Reps
voted to impeach him
•
•Impeach means to
accuse of wrongdoing
•Saved from being kicked
out by one vote
•Congress passed their
plan for the South
despite his veto
V. RECONSTRUCTION ACTS OF 1867
RADICAL REPUBLICANS‟ PLAN
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Divided the South into 5 military districts
Rules Southern states had to follow to come back
into the Union
RECONSTRUCTION ACTS OF 1867
*NO state could rejoin until they made a new
state constitution- MUST include AfricanAmerican citizenship
RECONSTRUCTION ACTS OF 1867
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51% take loyalty oath
before state could rejoin
Union
State officials had to
take ironclad oath
*had never helped the
Confederacy or taken up
arms against the Union
– eliminated a lot of
people