GSE SS8H 6 Impact of Reconstruction on Georgia

1. GSE SS8H6 Impact of Reconstruction on Georgia

2. GSE SS8H6 Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia.

3. GSE SS8H6.a Explain the roles of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in Reconstruction.

4. 13TH AMENDMENT

5. 13th Amendment The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

6. 14TH AMENDMENT

7. 14th Amendment The 14thAmendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rightsand equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.

8. 15TH AMENDMENT

9. 15th Amendment The 15th Amendment ensures the right to vote to all male citizens of the United States, regardless of color or previous condition of servitude.

10. GSE SS8H6.b Explain the key features of the Lincoln, the Johnson, and the Congressional Reconstruction plans.

11. Reconstruction Time of major change in GA Time after Civil War in the South Short period of time (1865-1872)

12. Reconstruction Much of Georgia was destroyed during Sherman’s March Over 40,000 Georgians had been killed or wounded in the Civil War Many lost their land

13. LINCOLN’S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN

14. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan Presidential Reconstruction (1865-1866) Lincoln = Bring the U.S. together

16. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan 2 Conditions for a state to be readmitted to the Union: The 10% Plan - 10% of the voters had to pledge allegiance to the U.S.

17. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan Agree to 13th Amendment Amendment Banned Slavery Forever

18. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan Lincoln was shoton April 14, 1865 (dies the next morning) Vice-President Andrew Johnson became the new president Vowed to continue Lincoln’s plans

19. Andrew Johnson | Lincoln’s Vice-President Became 17th President AFTER Lincoln is killedby John Wilkes Booth

20. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan GA knew this was an easy policy Held a constitutional convention in 1866 Passed the 13th amendment

21. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan Due to the passage of the 13th amendment: Georgia was readmitted into the Union in December of 1865

22. JOHNSON’S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN

23. Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan “RADICAL (Extreme) Republicans” Favored harsher punishments for the South

24. Thaddeus Stephens - Radical Republican Pushed the Passage of the 13th Amendment to Abolish Slavery Wanted to Punish the South for the Civil War

25. Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan In Georgia, the people elected two former Confederate officials to the U.S. Senate Former Confederate Vice PresidentAlexander Stephens Former Confederate SenatorHershel Johnson

26. Alexander Stephens

27. Hershel Johnson

28. Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan Radical Republicans were angry at having high ranking CSA officials in Congress Refused to allow them to take their seats Accused President Johnson of abusing his power

29. Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan Johnson wanted the Union back together Pardoned former Confederates Did not pardon former officer or rich landowners

30. Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan Republicans brought IMPEACHMENT (formal charges) proceedings against Johnson Just barely escaped removal from office 19-18 was the final / Johnson had no power

31. CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION PLANS

32. Congressional Reconstruction Plans CLICK HERE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3103 The South began to pass BLACK CODES: (Laws that banned free black men from) Voting Testifying against whites in court Serving as Jurors in Trials

33. Congressional Reconstruction Plans Congress introduced the 14th amendment African-Americans were now citizens of the United States They must be given the same rights as all U.S. citizens.

34. Congressional Reconstruction Plans Southern states were required to pass 14th amendment to be readmitted into the Union If they refused, they were stripped of statehood Would be run by a military governor

35. Congressional Reconstruction Plans Georgia refused to ratify the 14th amendment Taken over by the military Run by military governors, John Pope and George Meade

36. General John Pope Georgia’s 1st Military Governor after the Civil War

37. General George Meade Replaced Pope in Atlanta

38. Congressional Reconstruction Plans During this period, Georgia held another constitutional convention Held in Atlanta (not the capital of Milledgeville) Milledgeville refused to accommodate Republican or black delegates

39. Congressional Reconstruction Plans Atlanta was chosen because it accepted: Elected Republican delegates 37 African American delegates

40. Congressional Reconstruction Plans Georgia created a new constitution: Created black voting rights Allowed new public schools Moved the capital to Atlanta

41. Congressional Reconstruction Plans After this convention: Republican Rufus Bullock was elected Governor Republicans controlled General Assembly

42. Rufus Bullock Last Republican Governor of GA until Sonny Perdue in 2002

43. Congressional Reconstruction Plans The military remained in Georgia Georgia refused to pass the 15th amendment This amendment gave Black men the right to vote

45. Congressional Reconstruction Plans Georgia finally readmitted into the Union in 1870 It had to reinstate Republican and black legislators Had to vote for the passage of the 15th amendment

46. Congressional Reconstruction Plans 1872 Southern Democrats called “redeemers” voted back into office Reassumed control of the Governorship and General Assembly.

47. GSE SS8H6.c Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan.

48. FREEDMEN’S BUREAU

49. Freedmen’s Bureau Created to help African-Americans adjust to freedom Also supported poor whites Provided food to whites and blacks

50. Freedmen’s Bureau