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Postwar Problems
President Lincoln had a very simple plan for Reconstruction
Radical Republicans disagreed and wanted a harsh plan
The South created unwritten rules and Jim Crow laws to keep the African American from benefiting from reconstruction. Freedmen: Freed African Americans Amnesty: a government pardon, to Confederates who swore loyalty to the Union. It would not apply to the former leaders of the Confederacy. -
10 percent plan
“which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.” -
Early steps towards reconstruction
President Lincoln's early steps towards reconstruction were the 10 percent plan.
This was Lincoln's way of a light reconstruction
But of course, there was a rival proposal. People thought the plan was to close to the Wade-Davin Bill. -
Wade-Davin Bill
a revival plan for Reconstruction. It required a majority of white men in each southern state to swear loyalty to the Union. It also denied the right to vote or hold office to anyone who had volunteered to fight for the Confederacy. Lincoln refused to sign the Wade-Davis Bill because he felt it was to harsh. -
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Freedmen’s Bureau: Gave food and clothes and land to former slaves. It also set up schools. It also provided medical care. -
13th amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
Lincoln Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by a confederate soldier -
The New President
After the assassination of president Lincoln, vise president Andrew Johnson was elected president. The New President -
14th amendment
extended the bill of rights to all citizens -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Women cant vote though. -
The End of reconstruction
After we went into a depression we gave up on reconstruction