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Reconstruction 1865 - 1877

Reconstruction 1865 - 1877. Reconstruction. Period of time in which the south was rebuilt and brought back into the Union after the Civil War. UNION WAR GOALS Get the South Back End Slavery. RECONSTRUCTION ISSUE How do we get the south back? What do we do with the freed slaves?.

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Reconstruction 1865 - 1877

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  1. Reconstruction1865 - 1877

  2. Reconstruction • Period of time in which the south was rebuilt and brought back into the Union after the Civil War. • UNION WAR GOALS • Get the South Back • End Slavery • RECONSTRUCTION ISSUE • How do we get the south back? • What do we do with the freed slaves?

  3. STEPS TO EQUALITY 5. 1865-66 Freedmen’s Bureau 4. 1865: Slavery Abolished 3. 1863: Emancipation Proclamation 2. 1854 Formation of the Republican Party 1. 1830s Abolitionist movement

  4. Freedmen’s Bureau 1865 A government agency which provided food, supplies and medical aid to mostly freed slaves. It also helped freedmen adjust to free life by providing job opportunities and education. FREEDMAN: A former slave

  5. Abraham Lincoln’s Plan 1863 10% Plan • Pardons all soldiers, not leaders • Must abolish slavery • loyalty oath by 10% of a state’s voters.

  6. Congress Reacts 1863-1864Them’s a fightin’ words! • Republicans in Congress reject Lincoln’s plan and passes a tougher Reconstruction plan in 1864 (Wade-Davis Bill). • Lincoln veto’s their plan.

  7. April 1865 • April 9, 1865: Lee surrenders to Grant • April 11, 1865: Lincoln issues final public speech urging reconciliation with the South and voting rights for blacks. John Wilkes Booth is in attendance. • April 13, 1865: It is claimed that Lincoln states that if someone wanted to kill him, it would be very easy. • April 14, 1865: John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre. • April 15, 1865: Abraham Lincoln dies • April 17, 1865: Vice President Andrew Johnson (a democrat) is sworn in as the 17th President of the United States

  8. Robert E. Lee on Lincoln’s Death “The death of President Lincoln means the South has just lost its best friend.”

  9. Lincoln’s Assassination • Conspirators • John Wilkes Booth • George Atzerodt • Lewis Powell • David Herold • Mary Surratt PLOT • Assassinate • President Abraham Lincoln • Vice President Andrew Johnson • Secretary of State William Seward

  10. John Wilkes Booth • Actor • Confederate sympathizer with deep hatred of Lincoln • 1863: Performed in a play with Lincoln in attendance.

  11. “Sic Semper Tyrannus” • Booth escapes Ford’s Theatre and flees into Virginia with a broken leg. • April 26: Booth is captured and killed by Union soldiers in southern Virginia

  12. Surratt, Powell, Herold & Atzerodt

  13. Oddities about Lincoln’s Assassination Tecumseh’s Curse- Native American who cursed President William Henry Harrison & every president elected in every year ending in “0”. Stated they would die in office!

  14. Did it happen? • 1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office in 1841) • 1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated 1865) • 1880: James Garfield (assassinated 1881) • 1900: William McKinley (assassinated 1901) • 1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office 1923) • 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (died in office 1945) • 1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated in 1963) • 1980: Ronald Reagan (attempted assassination in 1981) – breaks curse? • 2000: George W. Bush

  15. Lincoln & Kennedy • Brace yourselves folks

  16. CONFLICT OVER RECONSTRUCTION 1865-1867 VS President Andrew Johnson Radical Republicans

  17. Black Codes: Freedmen can’t own A gun, vote, serve on Juries, could on work As a farmer Plans for Reconstruction • Andrew Johnson • Easy Plan • Keep Southern • whites in power • Provide limited rights • to freedmen • Radical Republicans • Punish the south • Change southern • Society (No Slavery) • Provide equality to • Freedmen (citizenship, • voting rights)

  18. BRING IT ON!! • The fight between Johnson and the Radical Republicans begin! • Black Codes issued: limit the rights of freedmen. (can’t own guns, vote, serve on juries, could only work as farmers.) • 14th Amendment (1868): any person born in the U.S. is a full citizen (has full rights); gives freedmen citizenship • Johnson urges southern states to reject the 14th Amendment; it passes anyway.

  19. Johnson Impeached • In Feb. 1868, Andrew Johnson is impeached by Congress • Impeach: bring charges against an elected official. • Impeached by House • Was not removed from office by the Senate (failed by 1 vote) • Johnson dose not do much with his time in office • 1st of two Presidents to be impeached. • Andrew Johnson 1868 • Bill Clinton 1998

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