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How did the assassination of Lincoln affect reconstruction?

How did the assassination of Lincoln affect reconstruction?. Lincoln’s Ideas. Called his Cabinet together and urged them to forgive claiming “Malice toward none”. April 14 th 1865. Mr. and Mrs. President went to Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth

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How did the assassination of Lincoln affect reconstruction?

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  1. How did the assassination of Lincoln affect reconstruction?

  2. Lincoln’s Ideas • Called his Cabinet together and urged them to forgive claiming • “Malice toward none”

  3. April 14th 1865 • Mr. and Mrs. President went to Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. • John Wilkes Booth • Planned the whole assassination • Actor

  4. Assassination Plot • Booth wanted to kill • President Lincoln • Vice President Johnson • And Secretary of State Seward • He wanted to take them all out in one night

  5. The Plot Thickens • Booth Shot Lincoln and jumped from the balcony to the stage • Yelled, “Sic Semper Tyrannis” • Death to the tyrants • Seward was severely wounded • The man that was suppose to kill Johnson lost his nerve

  6. Andrew Johnson • Distrusted by fellow republicans • Because he was once a democrat • Born a poor southern farmer • Radicals wanted his to call a special session of Congress and make new rules for the South • Johnson said no, he was going to follow Lincolns plan for reconstruction • However • He alone would decide when the Southern States had fulfilled Lincoln’s requirements not Congress

  7. Southern Conventions • Johnson suggested that Southern States should • Refuse to pay war debts • Adopt the 13th amendment • Freed all the slaves • Nullify their ordinances of secession

  8. Why you must be clear with directions • South Carolina – repealed rather than nullified its ordinance • Mississippi – refused to adopt the 13th amendment announcing the slaves had been freed by force of Northern arms • Both States – would pay their war debts • Southern Fire-Eaters (Extremist) were gaining strenght

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