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The Politics of Reconstruction

The Politics of Reconstruction. Section 12-1 pp. 376-382. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction. Reconstruction : Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction. Lincoln’s Plan (The Ten Percent Plan ) 10% of voters had to swear loyalty to the Union

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The Politics of Reconstruction

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  1. The Politics of Reconstruction Section 12-1 pp. 376-382

  2. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction • Reconstruction: Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War

  3. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction • Lincoln’s Plan (The Ten Percent Plan) • 10% of voters had to swear loyalty to the Union • Gave pardons to Confederate officials • Criticized by Radical Republicans for being too lenient and not giving African Americans suffrage

  4. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction • Radical Republicans’ Plan (Wade-Davis Bill) • Wanted to punish the South • Majority of voters would have to swear loyalty • Gave suffrage to African Americans • Congress would oversee readmission process • Led by Senator Thaddeus Stevens • Lincoln used a pocket veto to kill the bill

  5. Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction • Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president after Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth

  6. Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction • Johnson’s Plan (Presidential Reconstruction) • States had to: • Swear loyalty to the Union • Ratify the Thirteenth Amendment • Pardoned many Confederate officials • No suffrage for African Americans

  7. Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction • Many former Confederate leaders won election to Congress • Radical Republicans blocked Southern members of Congress from taking office

  8. Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction • Freedmen’s Bureau: • Gave food and clothing to former slaves • Set up hospitals and school • Vetoed by President Johnson • Congress overrode the veto

  9. Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction • Civil Rights Act of 1866 • Gave citizenship to African Americans • Declared states can not pass black codes • Laws that discriminate against African Americans • Vetoed by President Johnson • Congress overrode the veto

  10. Congressional Reconstruction • Fourteenth Amendment • Gave African Americans full citizenship • Johnson opposed • Ratified in 1868

  11. Congressional Reconstruction • Radical Republicans win control of Congress in 1866 • Reconstruction Act of 1867 • Declared state governments created under Lincoln and Johnson were invalid • Divided South into 5 districts and placed under military control • States had to ratify Fourteenth Amendment and give suffrage to African Americans • Vetoed by President Johnson • Congress overrode veto

  12. Congressional Reconstruction • Johnson’s Impeachment • Impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act • Found not guilty in Senate • Allowed to remain in office

  13. Congressional Reconstruction • Ulysses Grant elected president in 1868 • Fifteenth Amendment granted African Americans suffrage

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