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The Civil War (1861-1865). Part 3: Reconstruction. Rebuilding the Union. From the beginning, Lincoln had wanted to make the South’s return to the Union as easy as possible. Rebuilding the Union. The process of bringing the South back into the Union was known as Reconstruction.
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The Civil War (1861-1865) Part 3: Reconstruction
Rebuilding the Union • From the beginning, Lincoln had wanted to make the South’s return to the Union as easy as possible.
Rebuilding the Union • The process of bringing the South back into the Union was known as Reconstruction.
Rebuilding the Union • Unfortunately, Lincoln would never get the opportunity to see Reconstruction through. • On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln attended a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC.
The Star of the Show • An actor named John Wilkes Booth had been planning to kidnap Lincoln for months. • He heard of the President’s plan to attend the play. • His plan moved from kidnapping to assassination.
The Conspiracy • Booth had co-conspirators (accomplices) who were also supposed to assassinated the Secretary of State and Vice-President Johnson that night. All of them back out at the last minute John Surrat, Confederate Secret Service Samuel Arnold, friend Michael O’Laughlin, friend David Herold, a pharmacist
Lincoln’s Dream? • According to Lincoln fried, lawyer Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln told Lamon of a disturbing dream he had of his own assassination, on April 4th, 1865.
The Assassination of Lincoln, 1865 • Dream or not, Lincoln attended the showing of Our American Cousin, a comedy, at Ford’s theater the night of April 14th, 1865.
The Assassination of Lincoln, 1865 • Booth attended the play as well, bringing a single shot pistol and a hunting knife.
The Assassination of Lincoln, 1865 • Booth, familiar with both the theater and the play, timed his moves perfectly. • He waited for a joke that would cause the theater to erupt in laughter, hoping the noise would muffle the sound of the shot.
The Assassination of Lincoln, 1865 • Booth jumped from the balcony, breaking his leg, but escaped. • Lincoln died the following day.
The Assassination of Lincoln, 1865 • Newspapers printed wanted posters announcing that Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater
The Assassination of Lincoln, 1865 • A few days later, Booth was found in a nearby tobacco warehouse. • He didn’t leave the building alive
The Assassination of Lincoln, 1865 • His accomplices were tried, convicted of treason, and hung.
President Johnson • Vice-President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as president. • Without the strength of Lincoln, the Radical Republicans began to control Reconstruction
Reconstruction • Presidential Reconstruction – bring the South back easily • Radical Reconstruction – punish the South before allowing them to enter the Union
Reconstruction Amendments • One condition for the South to reenter the Union was to accept the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
1. The 13th Amendment • Freed the slaves, ended slavery in the United States
2. The 14th Amendment • Former slaves became citizens of the United States
3. The 15th Amendment • Gave African-American males the right to vote
How you remember the amendments 13 14 15 Free Citizens Vote
Conclusion • Reconstruction would not be complete in the South until 1877 (12 years after the Civil War ended.) • The issue of race in the South has never been resloved. • Even today, we are still a sectional society
Conclusion • The issue of state’s rights and sectional differences between the North and the South are still very real issues in the United States • The issue of slavery has been replaced by Civil Rights, and more recently Gay Rights. • Even as recent as 2009, states have mentioned secession as an option.
