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Chapter 16 Section 2

Chapter 16 Section 2. The Battle Over Reconstruction. New Reconstruction Plan. Proposed by Andrew Johnson Relaxed plan Had no help from legislators. 13 th Amendment. Approved December 1865 Abolished slavery and forced labor Had to be ratified by each state Angered Southerners

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Chapter 16 Section 2

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  1. Chapter 16Section 2 The Battle Over Reconstruction

  2. New Reconstruction Plan • Proposed by Andrew Johnson • Relaxed plan • Had no help from legislators

  3. 13th Amendment • Approved December 1865 • Abolished slavery and forced labor • Had to be ratified by each state • Angered Southerners • Led to black codes • Laws that tried to put African Americans back into a system that was like slavery

  4. Congress Against Johnson • Did not like Johnson’s Reconstruction plan • Did not want Southern senators and representatives back in congress • Did not want Confederates gaining control of South • Needed to protect freedmen and get them the right to vote

  5. 14th Amendment • 1866-Civil Rights Act passed: gave African Americans citizenship and civil rights • Johnson vetoed the act, but passed • 14th amendment created to make sure the Courts could not take away the civil rights act • Approved in 1868

  6. Radical Reconstruction • Harsher form due to violence against African Americans • 1867-Reconstruction Act- removed Southern governments that didn’t approve the 14th amendment • New state constitutions for Southern States to be let back into the Union

  7. Radical Reconstruction • Active role in politics from African Americans • 16 African Americans served in House of Reps (1872-1901) • 2 served in the Senate • Southern states opened public schools • Women were given property rights

  8. Radical Reconstruction • Republican party grows • Radicals try to impeach Pres. Johnson • Not enough votes for impeachment, 1 short

  9. Election of 1868 • Ulysses S. Grant- Republican party • Moderate • Won majority of states

  10. 15th Amendment • Approved 1870 • Gave African Americans the right to vote • Did not stop voting requirements • Property • Voting tax

  11. Ku Klux Klan • Secret Society • First threatened, then violence • Congress passed two acts to stop the violence • Eventually disbanded, was restarted in the 1900s

  12. Do you believe that African Americans lives improved due to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments during the Reconstruction period?

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