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REBUILDING

RECONSTRUCITON. REBUILDING. THE SOUTH. Essential Question. What were some of the plans of government to Reconstruct the U.S. after war and were they effective?. Lincoln’s 2 ND INNAGURAL ADDRESS.

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REBUILDING

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  1. RECONSTRUCITON REBUILDING THE SOUTH

  2. Essential Question What were some of the plans of government to Reconstruct the U.S. after war and were they effective?

  3. Lincoln’s 2ND INNAGURAL ADDRESS With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

  4. RECONSTRUCTION – the process the U.S. used to readmit the Confederate States to the Union Lasted from 1865 to 1877 http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/march-sea/sherman-burning-railroad.jpg

  5. FREEDMAN’S BUREAU – assisted former slaves by setting up schools, hospitals and distributing food and clothing in the South. http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilverman/documents/carron3/freemans.jpg

  6. LINCOLN’S 10% PLAN • He thought The South had suffered enough. • His plan was designed to make an easy, peaceful reentry of the former Confederate states back into the Union. • Allow states to re-enter the Union with only 10% of voters in each state declared their loyalty to the Union. • Died before he could carry it out.

  7. ANDREW JOHNSON becomes president when Lincoln is assassinated. He was Lincoln’s vice President He was a white supremacist http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs_pph/images/uploads/17/3.jpg

  8. Johnson planned to carry on Lincoln’s plans for reconstruction He believed IT WAS the President’S JOB TO play a major role in reconstructing the country. http://www.hudsonlibrary.org/Hudson%20Website/Images/Web%20Collection/Posters/AbrahamLincoln-AndrewJohnson.jpg

  9. RADICIAL REPUBLICANS (CONGRESS) – northerners that pushed for full and equal citizenship of African Americans. • They thought It was their job To rebuild the South.

  10. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866 stated that: • All persons born in the U.S. were citizens • All citizens entitled to equal rights regardless of race .Johnson VETOED it….

  11. 14th AMENDMENT – states that all citizens had equal protection under the law Led to the Reconstruction Act of 1867 http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/html/cons/features/0206_01/slide4.gif

  12. Radical Republican PlanCongress’ Plan • Supported the Freedman’s Bureau • Supported the Civil Rights Act of 1866 outlawing Black Codes • States had to pass the 14th Amendment to rejoin the Union • Divide the South into 5 military Districts. • Support for equal rights for African Americans.

  13. Radical Republicans said To re-enter the Union states must: • Give the right to vote to all men 15th Amendment • Ratify the 14th Amendment

  14. Southern reaction to Reconstruction. • What were ways the South reacted to the Radical Reconstruction plan?

  15. 1. Some in the south resist the new government and refuse to ratify the 13th Amendment http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/Free-bur.jpg/450px-Free-bur.jpg

  16. 2. Enacted BLACK CODES/Jim Crow Laws – laws that limited the freedom of former slaves • Blacks couldn’t carry guns or meet in large groups

  17. 3 KKK – KU KLUX KLAN – a secret group with goals to restore Democratic control and keep former slaves powerless http://www.binghamton.edu/ctah/images/worse.jpg

  18. The KKK attacked African Americans, burned homes and killed people Klansman scared people away from voting, Democrats increasing their power http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.loyno.edu/~seduffy/Misissippi_ku_klux.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.loyno.edu/~seduffy/amcivilwar.html&h=446&w=340&sz=70&hl=en&start=24&sig2=qAjWVKH0mPkHibkbjnllIA&um=1&tbnid=Ww_u6W9DyZ0QOM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=97&ei=AUcvRvStL5GmiQHFmP3nDA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsharecropping%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

  19. President Johnson fights many of the reforms the Congress passed – he thought they were too strict http://kids.americancorners.or.kr/ENG/images/05_history_06_05_02.jpg

  20. IMPEACHED – to be formally accused of improper conduct while in office He was acquitted – found not guilty – by one vote http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol2no1/johnson-andymakescall.jpg

  21. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Cartoon-Constit.jpghttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/Cartoon-Constit.jpg

  22. THE END http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/sespics/20562.jpg

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