What Should Be Done for Former Slaves and to Ex-Confederates?
I. Slaves Gain Their Freedom Slaves No More – The E. Proclamation & 13th Amendment
B. Former Slaves Define Freedom: New Names and New Homes C. The Freedman’s Bureau Helps Former Slaves
Daughter teaching mother to read, Mt. Meigs, Alabama African Americans of all ages eagerly pursued the opportunity freedom provided to gain an education. This young woman in Mt. Meigs, Alabama, is helping her mother learn to read. (Smithsonian Institute. Photo by Rudolf Eickemeyer.) Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
D. Former Slaves Face Immediate Challenges: The Problem of Land Black Codes The KKK
A. Andrew Johnson: Emancipation Only II. Congress v. President Johnson: What should be done for former slaves? A. Andrew Johnson: Emancipation Only
Slavery is Dead (?)
B. Congress: Emancipation (13th amendment) Education & land (Freedman’s Bureau?) Equality under the law (14th Amendment) Vote (15th Amendment) Enforcement (Reconstruction Act of 1867, Force Acts)
C. Congress Impeaches Johnson The vote to throw Johnson out of office: 35 Yes 19 No 1 Vote Short of 2/3 – So Stays in office
III. What should happen to former Confederate leaders? Johnson: Pardons & Confederates in Congress B. Congress: The 14th Amendment Kicks Out Confederates