Legacy of the Civil War & Reconstruction
Reconstruction Define in table groups (in relation to the Civil War)
What was Reconstruction? Time Period: 1866-1877 A series of laws that put southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new state constitutions upholding the 13th,14th & 15th amendments. 13th: 14th: 15th: These are what we call the Reconstruction Amendments
Reconstruction Era Presidential Reconstruction (1865-1867) Congressional Reconstruction (1867-1877) Lincoln’s Plan: issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction which gave forgiveness to all southerners who pledged loyalty to the Union and supported emancipation. Ten-Percent Plan: stated that once 10 percent of a southern state’s voters took the oath, they could organize a new state government, which had to ban slavery.
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