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Lincoln's 10% Plan
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Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan
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Lincoln's 10% Plan
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Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan
Lincoln's 10% Plan:
Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction was based on forgiveness because he felt it would lead to a quick end of the war. The war had already lasted longer than he thought or wanted, and he felt forgiveness would be the best reconstruction plan. http://learningabe.info/Lincoln&Richmond.jpg This primary document shows that people were behind him and his plan for Reconstruction, but he never got to carry it out due to the assassination. -
Radical Republicans
Lincoln's 10% Plan:
Radical Republicans believed President Lincoln was not being harsh enough to the southerners and hoped to take control of the reconstruction process. The Union was trying to end the war quickly and wanted to persuade the south to rejoin them. https://cdn.britannica.com/s:500x350/78/124778-004-AE644DC5.jpg The radical Republicans were against Lincoln and his plan, so they met and created a different plan that would cause a longer war. -
Wade Davis Bill
Lincoln 10% Plan:
Radical Republicans passed a bill in response to the Ten Percent Plan which stated southern states could rejoin the Union if 50 percent swore an ironclad oath of allegiance to the Union. President Lincoln was worried that the bill would cause the war to last longer, the exact opposite of the goals of the Ten Percent Plan. https://bit.ly/2UCWaP4 This document shows the bill that countered Lincoln’s 10% Plan, but would cause the war to last longer -
Thirteenth Amendment
Lincoln's 10% Plan:
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in all states
President Lincoln put the plan in place for the amendment during the Emancipation Proclamation a year before. Slaves were given more rights as citizens, but slavery still continued to be present in the coming years. https://bit.ly/2rvrm5r This document shows the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in all states, and began the process of giving slaves and African Americans rights everyone else had -
Lincoln's Death
Lincoln's 10% Plan:
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. The Civil War had just ended and plans for reconstruction were being put into place and carried out. https://bit.ly/2LcjPS7 This popular drawing of President Lincoln being assassinated shows how John Wilkes Booth snuck up on him and killed him at the theater. This had major effects on the future of Reconstruction -
The Freedmen's Bureau
Lincoln's 10% Plan:
Congress’ plan for redistribution of land that stated anyone who pledged allegiance to the Union would be leased 40 acres of land that could be bought in coming years. The Civil War was coming to an end and a plan needed to be in place for the redistribution of land. https://bit.ly/2Uxxebw This political cartoon shows the division between white landowners and slaves who were going to be given land. This division would continue to be present in the coming years -
Special Field Order 15
Johnson Presidential Plan:
General William Sherman set a large part of land aside between South Carolina and Georgia specifically for black families. Reconstruction allowed blacks to gain traction and feel as though they were part of America, and the Field Order helped that cause. https://bit.ly/2Pxhwtp This map shows the amount of land that would have been given to black families as part of the reconstruction process -
Scalawags
Johnson Presidential Plan:
People in the south decided to move north to promote different ideas such as education and modernization. The war had just ended and people had more choices than ever, and they wanted to make an influence on society. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FrgsAcdbqdQ/hqdefault.jpg This drawing is associated with carpetbaggers instead of scalawags, but it still sends a powerful message. It shows how people decided to pack their things to make an impact in other parts of the country -
Johnson's Presidential Plan
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Black Codes
Johnson Presidential Plan:
Black Codes were restrictive laws that limited the freedom of African Americans. President Johnson took over the reconstruction process and wanted to take away rights that were given to African Americans under President Lincoln. https://bit.ly/2BcQKkV This drawing shows how African Americans were gathering to hear what black codes meant for them. They severely limited their rights and was the total opposite of President Lincoln’s plan -
Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Johnson Presidential Plan:
The Bill declared that all people born in the United states were citizens no matter, race color, or previous condition. In response to President Johnson, congress wanted to re-establish rights that were taken away from blacks. https://bit.ly/2Er1YpF This drawing of the Civil Rights Bill being agreed upon is very influential because it began a process of creating equality for all people in America -
Congressional Reconstruction
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Sharecropping
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Ku Klux Klan
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Johnson Presidential Plan
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Sharecropping
Johnson Presidential Plan:
System where white landowners divided their land and rented them to black families. Southern blacks were able to rent plots of land, and landowners in the south were not happy about it. https://bit.ly/2zT1apW This picture shows African Americans working on land that they rented because of sharecropping. The are pictured as looking tired and not very prosperous -
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Ku Klux Klan
Johnson Presidential Plan:
A group of organized group of political and social terrorists that wanted to gain white supremacy. The reconstruction process was taking action and African Americans were gaining more rights, and the KKK wanted it to stop. In pictures of the Ku Klux Klan, they are shown abusing African Americans, which they did for multiple years. (Not Pictured) -
Reconstruction Act
Johnson Presidential Plan:
Congress attempted to reconstruct the country by making the seceded states Military Districts. Congress did not believe that states who seceded during the Civil War should be able to re-enter the Union with little to no consequences. https://bit.ly/2GcNiMS
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Great Constitutional Revolution
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Great Constitutional Revolution
Johnson Presidential Plan:
New laws and amendments that gave more rights to all people and created equality among the nation. Developed by Carl Schurz, the country was making great strides as a nation towards equality among all people. https://bit.ly/2Qq1ZR7 This picture show the meeting of lawmakers and Congress in an effort to create laws that gave people more rights -
President Johnson's Impeachment
Johnson Presidential Plan:
House Republicans were tired of Johnson vetoing Military Reconstruction bills, so they impeached him in an overwhelming vote. Many reconstruction efforts given by congress were being shut down by President Johnson and they had enough. https://bit.ly/2PybOXU This picture shows the trial of Andrew Johnson where the House voted to impeach him. While they voted to impeach, the senate came short by one vote, which kept him in office and in charge of reconstruction -
Fourteenth Amendment
Johnson Presidential Plan:
The 14th amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the United States regardless of race or color. Congress made strides in given rights back to African Americans after President Lincoln was killed. https://bit.ly/2SF6LHe This document shows the 14th amendment which guaranteed citizenship to all people who were born in the United States -
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Congressional Reconstruction
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Fifteenth Amendment
Congressional Reconstruction:
The 15th amendment gave all African American males the right to vote. The 13th and 14th amendments gave African Americans important rights, but neither of them allowed them to vote. https://bit.ly/2Qojp0G This document show the 15th amendment which continued Civil Rights movements by giving African Americans the right to vote -
Enforcement Acts
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Enforcement Acts
Congressional Reconstruction:
Bills that were passed in response to whites harassing and abusing African Americans in society. Whites were continuously abusing whites in society, specifically the KKK, and the government decided to put a stop to it. https://bit.ly/2UFaYwD This image shows a red circle going through a member of the Ku Klux Klan, which symbolizes how the Enforcement Acts were in response to them -
Slaughterhouse Cases
Congressional Reconstruction:
A suit against a New Orleans slaughterhouse that claimed it was inhumane and unconstitutional. Radical Reconstruction was coming to an end, and the slaughterhouse cases were not helping save it. https://bit.ly/2Er2p3h This drawing shows the conditions that were disputed during the slaughterhouse cases -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Congressional Reconstruction:
A bill that forbade all discrimination in public places. It was radical Republicans last ditch effort to protect liberties of slaves, but democrats opposed the bill. https://bit.ly/2UxxtTY This drawing shows how African Americans and white were starting to find common ground, starting with Civil rights acts -
The Bargain of 1877
Congressional Reconstruction:
Democrats allowed Rutherford Hayes to be president in exchange for a complete withdrawal of federal troops in the south. Rutherford Hayes won the presidential election and while Democrats were mad at first, they saw it as a bargaining opportunity. https://bit.ly/2Eg062c This photo shows a representation of Hayes turning in the troops that were remaining in the south
