Reconstruction The 2 nd Civil War U.S. Chapter 10
Presidential/ Congressional Ideas Lincoln’s Plan Reconciliation Amnesty for southerners 10% of voters required to form a new government Confederate officials would not receive amnesty Congressional Plan Led by Thaddeus Stevens Revolutionize the South 3 Main Principles 1. No Confederates in Power 2.Republican Rule 3.Political Equality for African Americans
Wade-Davis Bill Abolish Slavery Reject Confederate Debts No suffrage or offices for former confederates
Andrew Johnson’s Plan Amnesty Program Pardoned all those willing to take an oath Excluded prior confederate officers
Problems with the Plan The South elected prior Confederate officers to political offices. Southern states enacted “Black Codes” 1. Intended to keep enslaved conditions 2.Required to enter work contracts 3.Children were beaten as apprentices 4.Ku Klux Klan was created
Radical Republicans Take Over Civil Rights Act of 1866 Creation of the 14 th Amendment Military Reconstruction Act- 5 districts States wanting to elect Congressional Members: 1. Constitutional Convention 2.Male Suffrage 3.Ratify the 14 th Amendment
Congressional Power The Command of the Army Act The Tenure of Office Act Led to the impeachment of Johnson 15 th Amendment
Grant 1869 Republican Split Many thought the party was supporting the rich Scandal erupted Secretary of War took bribes Whiskey Ring- Gov agents falsified tax records Panic of 1873
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 Compromise of a close run for President led to a commission to pick the candidate Some believe this led to the demilitarization of the south.
New South/ Old South Industrialization did not occur Tenant farming- paying rent for land Sharecroppers- paying rent using crops Crop liens- take crops to cover debts Debt peonage- trapped in debt