Prepare to Quiz Grade Clear off desk, Grab a colored pencil

Rebuilding the Union and the South

What to do with the South? The South now lays prostrate in front of the Union How do you bring them back into the country?

Lincoln’s Plan Presidential Reconstruction Bring South quickly back into the Union, not Punish Destroy Slavery Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Speech “With Malice Towards None and Charity Towards All” Also supported by Andrew Johnson

The 10% Plan States would be readmitted when 10 percent of the state swore allegiance to the Constitution Very Moderate

Radical Reconstruction Congressional Reconstruction “Radical” Republicans take control of Congress Impeach Andrew Johnson for political reasons Make the Republican Party powerful in the South Passes Reconstruction Amendments 13, 14, 15 End Slavery 1865 African Americans are Citizens 1868 Cannot Deny vote based on Color or Race 1870 Wanted to Punish South

April 1865

April 14, Days after Surrender at Appomattox Court House In the evening, Lincoln was to attend a play at Ford’s Theatre Our American Cousin

The Plot John Wilkes Booth and others were to assassinate leaders of the federal government VP Andrew Johnson and Sec of State William Seward were also targeted

The Assassination Take out your Eyewitness to History Primary Source Packet We will read aloud “The Death of President Lincoln”

Outcome of the Assassination Lincoln is 1 st President Assassinated Changes upcoming Reconstruction