Political Reconstruction

Presidential Reconstruction Lincoln’s Plan a healing process Unite country ASAP Appoint provisional governors for southern states Pardon southerners except Confederate leaders Write new constitutions

Johnson’s Plan Included all of Lincoln’s Plan Plus the pardoning of many Confederate leaders and officials

Congressional Reconstruction Controlled by Radical Republicans in Congress Punish southern states Write new constitutions Require ratification of 14th and 15th amendments Military occupation until ratification of 14th and 15th amendments

POLITICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN GEORGIA Georgia under military occupation until James Johnson named provisional governor 13th amendment ratified New constitution adopted in 1865 Declared slavery null and void Abolished slavery Canceled all war debts

Political Recon. in Georgia Con’t Georgia placed under military occupation for 2nd time in 1867 for refusal to ratify 14th Amendment Delegates chosen to write a new constitution (37 of the 169 delegate were African American) Hotels in Milledgeville (Georgia Capital) refused rooms to African American delegates General John Pope orders convention moved to Atlanta (voters vote in 1868 for Atlanta to be permanent capital)

Political Recon. in Georgia Con’t 1868 Rufus Bullock, a Republican, elected governor Corrupt and runs state into a great deal of debt 1869 – Georgia is placed under military occupation for 3rd time due to activities of Ku Klux Klan 1870 Georgia ratifies 14th and 15th amendments …Bullock is removed from office Political reconstruction is over in Georgia

How quickly could southern states be admitted back into the Union? Comparison Question Presidential Reconstruction Congressional Reconstruction How quickly could southern states be admitted back into the Union? p. 229 p. 230 Who would be qualified to vote? p. 233 What conditions would a state have to satisfy to reenter the Union? p. 233-236

How quickly could southern states be admitted back into the Union? Comparison Question Presidential Reconstruction Congressional Reconstruction How quickly could southern states be admitted back into the Union? As soon as possible Only after a time period that would punish them and perhaps keep the Democrats out of power Who would be qualified to vote? Except for Confederate leaders, anyone who took an oath of allegiance to the United States Except for certain categories of ex-Confederates, all adult males, black and white, who took oath of allegiance What conditions would a state have to satisfy to reenter the Union? Write a new state constitution that declared secession null and void, abolish slavery, and cancel all war debts Write a new state constitution and ratify the 14th and later the 15th Amendments to the Constitution