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Warm Up

Warm Up. Prepare to Quiz Grade Clear off desk, Grab a colored pencil. Reconstruction 1865 - 1877. Rebuilding the Union and the South. What to do with the South?. The South now lays prostrate in front of the Union How do you bring them back into the country?. Lincoln’s Plan.

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up Prepare to Quiz Grade Clear off desk, Grab a colored pencil

  2. Reconstruction1865 - 1877 Rebuilding the Union and the South

  3. What to do with the South? • The South now lays prostrate in front of the Union • How do you bring them back into the country?

  4. Lincoln’s Plan • Presidential Reconstruction • 1863-1866 • Bring South quickly back into the Union, not Punish • Destroy Slavery • Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Speech • “With Malice Towards None and Charity Towards All” • Also supported by Andrew Johnson

  5. The 10% Plan • States would be readmitted when 10 percent of the state swore allegiance to the Constitution • Very Moderate

  6. Radical Reconstruction • 1866-1873 • Congressional Reconstruction • “Radical” Republicans take control of Congress • Impeach Andrew Johnson for political reasons • Make the Republican Party powerful in the South • Passes Reconstruction Amendments 13, 14, 15 • End Slavery 1865 • African Americans are Citizens 1868 • Cannot Deny vote based on Color or Race 1870 • Wanted to Punish South

  7. Lincoln’s Assassination April 1865

  8. April 14, 1865 • 5 Days after Surrender at Appomattox Court House • In the evening, Lincoln was to attend a play at Ford’s Theatre • Our American Cousin

  9. The Plot • John Wilkes Booth and others were to assassinate leaders of the federal government • VP Andrew Johnson and Sec of State William Seward were also targeted

  10. The Assassination • Take out your Eyewitness to History Primary Source Packet • We will read aloud “TheDeath of President Lincoln”

  11. Outcome of the Assassination • Lincoln is 1st President Assassinated • Changes upcoming Reconstruction

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