1 / 7

Reconstruction: Reuniting a Divided Nation Post-Civil War

Explore the aftermath of the Civil War in this informative article focusing on Reconstruction, the process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states. Learn about key questions for Reconstruction and the differing plans of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. Discover important terms and events such as the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, Black Codes, and the rise of Jim Crow laws. Delve into the impact on freedmen, the Klu Klux Klan, and the Compromise of 1877. Unravel the complexities of Reconstruction in a divided America.

ashanti
Download Presentation

Reconstruction: Reuniting a Divided Nation Post-Civil War

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Reconstruction Wednesday Feb. 1

  2. What happened to Confederate leaders? Jefferson Davis – 10 years prison (serves 2), lost citizenship Robert E. Lee – lost citizenship

  3. What is Reconstruction? • Process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states without the system of slavery.

  4. Key Questions for Reconstruction 1. How do webring the Southback into the Union? 3. How do weintegrate andprotect newly-emancipatedblack freedmen? 2. How do we rebuild the South after itsdestruction during the war?

  5. 17th President: Andrew Johnson • Jacksonian Democrat. • Anti-Aristocrat. • White Supremacist. • Agreed with Lincolnthat states had neverlegally left the Union.

  6. Lincoln’s 10% Plan Amnesty Replace majority rule with “loyal rule” in the South. Pardon all but highest ranking Confederate officers. When 10% of voting population in the 1860 election had taken oath of loyalty established a government it would be recognized. Johnson’s Plan Disqualify former Confederate leaders from holding office Allowed states to rejoin freely Pardoned thousands of southerners Allowed south to handle freedmen as they saw fit Plans for Reconstruction

  7. Your Task -African American Office Holders -Klu Klux Klan -General Amnesty Act of 1872 -Compromise of 1877 -Poll Tax -Literacy Tests -Jim Crow Laws -Plessy v. Ferguson -Sharecropping • Use ‘Call to Freedom’ pg. 516-535 to place the following terms on the spectrum below. You must include a short description and WHY you placed it there -13th Amendment -Freedman’s Bureau -Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan -Black Codes -Civil Rights Act of 1866 -14th Amendment -Reconstruction Acts -Johnson’s Impeachment-15th Amendment Limited Citizenship Full Citizenship

More Related