Reconstruction Putting the Nation together again, or ideologically (and physically) segregating us?

How should we handle the South after the Civil War? What problems do you think free slaves faces? What about soldiers from the South? How was the economy of the South destroyed?

Questions South after the War Reconstruction Questions What problems do you think freed slaves will face? What about soldiers from the South? How was the economy of the South destroyed? South after the War Problems Fields overgrown Economy destroyed Freedmen do not have money; some lack skills Freed slaves are homeless and jobless Confederacy money worthless No jobs for returning soldiers or freed slaves No free labor without slaves Infrastructure destroyed

Aim: Reconstruction, putting the Nation together again or ideologically and physically dividing us? Vocab Andrew Johnson Radical Republicans Thaddeus Stevens 13th Amendment (Ratification) Confederate debt Essential Questions: Which plan was most realistic? EXPLAIN reasoning. Was Johnson the right leader? Was the reasoning behind Johnson’s impeachment party politics or legitimate?

Reconstruction Plans Lincoln’s Plan Johnson’s Plan* Radical Republican (Wade-Davis) Plan A general amnesty would be granted to all who would take an oath of loyalty to the United States and pledge to obey all federal laws pertaining to slavery High Confederate officials and military leaders were to be temporarily excluded from the process 10% plan: When one tenth of the number of voters who had participated in the 1860 election had taken the oath within a particular state, then that state could launch a new government and elect representatives to Congress. Pardons would be granted to those taking a loyalty oath No pardons would be available to high Confederate officials and persons owning property valued in excess of $20,000 A state needed to abolish slavery before being readmitted (13th amendment) A state was required to repeal its secession ordinance before being readmitted. Revenge — a desire among some to punish the South for causing the war Concern for the freedmen — some believed that the federal government had a role to play in the transition of freedmen from slavery to freedom 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments Political concerns — the Radicals wanted to keep the Republican Party in power in both the North and the South.

Presidential Reconstruction and Congressional Reconstruction Overall Grade: Detailed Explanation:

Make a claim and support it with at least three facts and ANALYSIS!!! Reconstruction, putting the Nation together again or ideologically and physically dividing us? Make a claim and support it with at least three facts and ANALYSIS!!!

Impeachment Article One of the United States Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment and the Senate the sole power to try impeachments. Impeachment is only the first of two stages, and conviction requires a two-thirds vote. Impeachment does not necessarily result in removal from office; it is only a legal statement of charges, parallel to an indictment in criminal law. An official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment.

Impeachable? Impeachment for violation of Tenure of Office Act – Johnson tried to remove Sec. of War (a Radical Republican in his Cabinet) but Congress said he couldn’t. He also disobeyed and vetoed legislation of the Radical Republicans. Tried to save himself at Senate hearing and promised to pass Reconstruction Acts…was not forced to resign by one vote; continued to veto reconstruction acts but the Radical Republican Congress overrode the vetoes and passed the legislation.