Reconstruction

Reconstruction

• Under what conditions should states be readmitted?

• What should the punishment be for Confederate leaders?

• What should the federal government do to help the freedmen?

• How will the federal government help rebuild the economy in the South?

1. Charles Sumner2. Jefferson Davis3. William Tecumseh Sherman4. Fredrick Douglass5. Andrew Johnson

Charles Sumner

Jefferson Davis

William Tecumseh Sherman

Frederick Douglass

Andrew Johnson

• Andrew Johnson

Reconstruction

• Under what conditions should states be readmitted?

• What should the punishment be for Confederate leaders?

• What should the federal government do to help the freedmen?

• How will the federal government help rebuild the economy in the South?

Reconstruction

• Under what conditions should states be readmitted?

• What should the punishment be for Confederate leaders?

• What should the federal government do to help the freedmen?

• How will the federal government help rebuild the economy in the South?

• During Reconstruction: Large military presence in the South

1. To ensure black rights (voting)2. To stop reconstruction

• Lincoln’s plan: Rebuild & reunite –Ten Percent Plan–Freedmen’s Bureau

• Andrew Johnson

• Johnson’s Presidency:–Radical Republicans– Impeachment• Tenure of Office Act

• Secretary of War: Edwin Stanton

• 13th Amendment–Abolished Slavery

• 14th Amendment–Citizenship guaranteed to all–Equal protection of the law–Most rights apply to ALL government

• 15th Amendment– Voting rights to all men• Ulysses S. Grant elected with black votes

1876: Tilden vs. Hayes

1876: Tilden vs. Hayes

Tilden wins!

1876: Tilden vs. Hayes

Tilden wins?

1876: Tilden vs. Hayes

Hayes wins!Reconstruction ends

To be continued…

To be continued…In May.