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Lincoln's Reconstruction plan
Lincoln offered reconstruction for areas of the confederacy that were occupied by the union. It would give pardon to any confederate who promised to support the constitution and the union. When a group in conquered land swore by the oath and had a government that abolished slavery, they would have recognition in the federal government -
The Wade-Davis Bill
This bill was a part of the plan for reconstruction. It required 50% of a state's voters that were men to take an oath swearing that they never supported the confederacy. Lincoln pocket-vetoed this so it never became a law. -
sharecropping and tenant farming
sharecropping was a system in which a white landowner allowed a tenant to use their land in return for a share of the crop that was produced.This had negative effects because alot of the time, the sharecropper only got half or less of their crop which made them dependent on the plantation owner, kind of like slavery all over again.A tenant farmer lives on the plantation owner's property and farms their land. They contribute management along with capital and labor. This too was like slavery -
Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan
Less forgiving than Lincoln's. His plan was to disenfranchize all for military and officers that were a part of the confederacy and make people who's property was worth a good sum of money subject to foreclosure. -
Black codes
1865-1867. These are also known as Jim Crowe laws. They were passed by states that were formerly part of the confederacy.They gave basic rights to blacks such as the right to marry, the right to own property, and the right to sue in court but they also gave the right to segergation and placed several restrictions on the free blacks. -
Literacy tests and poll taxes
literacy tests were created specifically to keep blacks from voting. They were enacted because white people were afraid that former slaves would retaliate against them by getting laws that favored them. Almost all former slaves were uneducated so they were almost guaranteed to fail. Poll taxes were to discriminate against blacks because they were less likely to be able to pay the tax than whites. this was to keep blacks from being able to vote. -
13th amendment
officialy ended slavery. -
Military Reconstruction
Sought to rebuild southern state governments by using northern governments as examples. It's other purpose was to ensure that blacks had civil rights in the south by requiring the south to implement civil rights into their constitutions. -
14th amendment
Gave citizenship to all people born in the US. This included fred slaves.It also forbids states to deny any person equality under the law. -
15th amendment
Gave African American men the right to vote. -
Compromise of 1877
Ended the Reconstruction period. It was an informal agreement between the republican and democratic members of congress. They said that they would only recognize the republican president if he did the following things: 1. Remove all of the federal troops from the southern states 2. Appoint at least 1 southern democrat into Hayes' administartion 3. Construct a second continental railroad 4.Legislation enacted to rebuild the south. -
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
- This case established the seperate but equal principle that still applied almost 100 years after the fact. The federal government said that segregation was legal.All of the states had enacted Jim Crow laws so now the federal government did the same. This did not stop until the supreme court overturned this case in 1950.
