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Reconstruction

Reconstruction. Reasons for the Civil War. April 14 th 1865 (by John Wilkes Booth). Johnson Plan Pardons granted to those taking a loyalty oath No pardons for Confederate officials and persons owning property valued in excess of ( worth ) $20,000

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Reconstruction

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  1. Reconstruction

  2. Reasons for the Civil War

  3. April 14th1865 (by John Wilkes Booth)

  4. Johnson Plan Pardons granted to those taking a loyalty oath No pardons for Confederate officials and persons owning property valued in excess of (worth) $20,000 A state needed to abolish slavery before being readmitted. A state was required to repeal its secession ordinance before being readmitted. Reconstruction Lincoln Plan Pardons for those who would take an oath of loyalty and pledge to obey all federal laws pertaining to slavery Confederate officials and military leaders temporarily excluded Only 10% of voters had to take the oath - then that state could launch a new government and elect representatives to Congress. Lincoln was Assassinated April 15, 1865

  5. President Andrew Johnson • Radical Republicans = extreme abolitionists who wanted harsher penalties for the South • They impeached him • Acquitted at Senate Trial • End of political career

  6. 13th Amendment (1865) • Prohibited slavery in all of the US • (Emancipation Proclamation prohibited slavery in Confederate areas) • Prohibited involuntary servitude and labor against one’s will.

  7. First Black Senators/Representatives • All previous Southern representation was barred from representing • Freed slaves could now vote (briefly)

  8. Black Codes • Laws made to limit the rights of freed slaves • Had curfews (Sundown Towns) • Restrictions on where they lived • Restrictions on jobs “No negro or freedman shall be permitted (allowed) to rent or keep a house within the limits of the town under any circumstances…” - from a Black Code in Opelousas, Louisiana

  9. Ku Klux Klan is born • Started to fight against blacks having rights • Severe repression in blacks voting

  10. 14th Amendment (1868) • Defines citizenship • Guarantees all citizens “equal protection of the laws”

  11. 15th Amendment (1870) • Could not deny the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. • Last major piece of legislation on Reconstruction.

  12. Jim Crow Laws • Designed to keep class structure in Southern society • “Separate but equal” Black people are legally held as lower class citizens • Plessy v. Ferguson(1896)

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