RECONSTRUCTION
ISSUES 1. On what terms should the defeated Confederacy be reunited with the Union? 2. Who should establish these terms? Congress or the President? 3. What should the place be of former slaves in the political life of the south?
PLANS Lincoln “…with malice toward none, with charity towards all…” Proclamation of Amnesty-oath of loyalty 10%
PLANS Presidential/Johnson Pardons Nullify secession Amnesty Proclamation Abolishment of Slavery
PLANS Congressional/Radical Republicans Joint Committee on Reconstruction-1866 Conflict IMMEDIATELY with President Johnson Freedmens Bureau Continued/OVERRIDE Civil Rights Act of 1866 Citizenship Property rights Testify in Congress
Congressional Reconstruction Reconstruction Act of 1867 States had to ratify the 14th amendment Equal Protection Due Process Allow African Americans to vote
Congressional Reconstruction Military Reconstruction Act-5 districts!