28.1 Reconstruction

Main IdeaDuring Reconstruction, the president and Congress fought over how to rebuild the South.

Why It Matters NowReconstruction was an important step in the African-American struggle for civil rights.

CA Standards• 8.11.1 List the original aims of Reconstruction and describe

its effects on the political and social structures of different regions.

• 8.11.3 Understand the effects of the Freedman’s Bureau and the restrictions placed on the rights and opportunities of freedmen, including racial segregation and “Jim Crow” laws.

• 8.11.5 Understand the 13th Amendment and 14th Amendment to the Constitution and analyze their connection to Reconstruction.

Daily Guided Questions

1. How did Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan differ from the Wade-Davis Bill?

2. What was the Freedman Bureau’s main goals?

3. What did the 13th Amendment do and how did the South try to oppose it?

Thirteenth Amendment

• Passed by Congress in January, 1865.

• Ratified by the end of the year.

• Banned slavery and forced labor in the United States.

• Gave Congress the power to create laws to enforce it.

Reconstruction

• Policy to reunite the country after the Civil War and readmit Confederate states, 1865-1877.

• Southern states lay in ruins.-no food.-no shelter.-no work.• Freed slaves, 3.5-4 million.

Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan

• Lenient plan to strengthen the Republican Party in the South.

-Loyalty from 10% of voters needed to organize a new state government.-Government had to abolish slavery.-Ex-Confederates who swore loyalty given amnesty (government forgiveness).

Wade-Davis Bill

• Radical Republicans’ strict plan.• Loyalty from 50% of voters needed to re-

enter Union.• State Government needed to abolish

slavery.• Ex-Confederates barred from voting and

holding office.

Reflect and Share• Take a minute to answer the first

DGQ.• Then share the answer with your

partner.• Add/Change your answer.How did Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan differ from the Wade-Davis Bill?

Freedman’s Bureau• Congress created, March 1865.• Dealt with freedmen, slaves freed due to war.-Provided emergency relief.-Freedman schools.

-Black Colleges.-Help find jobs.-Helped resolve disputes between whites and A.A.

-Set up its own courts.

Reflect and Share

• Take a minute to answer the second DGQ.• Then share the answer with your

partner.• Add/Change your answer.What was the Freedman Bureau’s main goals?

Lincoln’s Assassination• Assassinated on April 14, 1865.-John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head while he watched a play at Ford’s Theater.-Shot and killed when trying to escape two weeks later.-Eight convicted and four hung for their involvement in plot. • Ended any chance of a lenient Reconstruction.• VP Andrew Johnson became successor.

Andrew Johnson

• Southern Democrat from TN. who never seceded.

• Hates CSA, but takes a lenient approach towards Reconstruction.

Primary Source pg. 638

• Read the Primary Source: Frederick Douglass, What the Black Man Wants, on textbook page 638. • Read the primary source and answer

the three questions at the bottom of the page.

Study Guide pg. 190

• Copy down and complete the study guide on page 190.• Use textbook pages 420-425 to

complete it.• You have 30 min.