1. The Reconstruction of the South
Re-building of the South after the Civil War
Process of re-admitting Confederate states back into the
United States
1865-1877
What do you think needed to be done?
6. Lincoln’’s Plan
Pardon all
Southerners who
swear allegiance to
the Union, except
Confederate leaders
and those accused
of crimes against
prisoners of war
7. Lincoln’’s Plan
Once 10% of
voting population
did so, the States
could form new
governments and
send
representatives to
Congress
8. Radical Republicans
Hate Lincoln’s plan
Want to punish the south
They become furious when former
Confederate leaders are elected to
Congress
Outraged at passing of Black Codes
9. Black Codes
Blacks can only be farmers or servants
Must carry special pass to travel
Can not vote
Can not serve on jury
10. Jim Crow Laws
To Prevent Blacks from voting
Required to pay Poll Tax
Pass reading test
Grandfather Clause- if your
grand-daddy voted in 1867
you don’t need to pay or pass
test
Started Segregation-separating
people in public
based on race
11. Radical Republicans’’
Plan
Leader Thaddeus Stevens
Believed the States did secede
Wanted to punish the Southern States
for the rebellion
12. Radical Republicans’’
Plan
Congress had the constitutional
power to readmit the States not the
President
Wanted all African Americans to be
given full citizenship and voting
rights
13. Freedmen Bureau
Gave clothes, food, medical care to poor blacks and
whites
Open over 4,000 schools
Many hospitals
Several universities
Despite effort many blacks still poor and jobless
14. Lincoln Assassinated
April 14, 1865
Lincoln is shot by
John Wilkes Booth
at Ford’s Theater
16. Andrew Johnson’s Plan
Same as Lincoln’s Plan
PLUS each former
Confederate State had to
ratify 13th Amendment
17. Radicals Respond
Pass Civil Rights Act 1866
Said Blacks have equal rights under the
law and are citizens
Passed 14th Amendment
1. Said anyone born here is an American
2. States can not pass laws to take away rights
3. States had to give
people Due Process
18. 1867 Reconstruction Act
1. Any Government under Lincoln’s or
Johnston plan will not be recognized
2. Confederate leaders can not vote or hold
office
3. All White and Black men can vote and be
elected
4. Southern states must write new constitution
that guarantees Blacks right to vote
5. Southern States must ratify 14th
Amendment
21. President Johnson
Tries to veto Reconstruction Act
Congress overrides vetoed with majority
vote
Radicals Use High Crimes and Treason
Try to Impeach Johnston
Fail to impeach by just 1 vote
22. Impeachment
Congress passes the
Tenure of Office Act to
control Johnson.
He defies it and is
impeached.
He falls one vote short
of being removed from
office.
23. Gen. Grant As President
Grant wins election thanks to the Black
vote
Grant is poor President
Plague by many scandals
15th Amendment passed
Can not deny a citizen the right to vote based
on race
24. South During Reconstruction
Three main groups Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, and
Blacks
Carpetbaggers abuse power to become rich
Scalawags white republicans, small farmers, who
wanted the power old plantation owners had
Blacks smallest group in government
25. Sharecroppers
Rented farmland from owner
Paid by giving over share of crops
Had to pay for tools, seeds, and farm animals
Very little was left over for family
Started cycle of poverty
26. Ku Klux Klan
Domestic terror group
Founded by southern whites
To suppress Blacks and keep them
from using their new rights
Responsible for beating and killing
many blacks and white sympathizers
28. Compromise of 1877
Votes of 4 states disputed, all
given to Hayes
Hayes (Republican) becomes
President
Remove federal troops from
the south, ends
Reconstruction
Use federal money to rebuild
southern railroads