{ Effects of Reconstruction Unit 2: Lecture #4

LFQ: What role did the North play in reuniting southern whites politically, economically, & socially?

 General Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House April 11 th  Lincoln is assassinated April 14 th 1865  Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes the 17 th President of the USA What happens after the War is over?

 Damaged Infrastructure  War left farms, factories, roads, & buildings damaged or destroyed.  Death  1/5 southern adult white males  260,000 soldiers  Countless civilians (women and children)  Competition  Black Southerners-homeless, jobless, hungry  Plantation Owners-3 billion dollars in slave labor lost + captured and abandoned property.  Poor White Southerners-No way to compete with freedmen, taxes too high. What problems does the South face after the war is over?

 He attempted to free slaves during the war, however the Emancipation Proclamation had no legal standing in the Confederate States of America.  E.P. Promises that All slaves in areas of rebellion against the Govt. would be free.  DID NOT BRING AN IMMEDIATE END TO SLAVERY!  Lincoln did institute the 13 th Amendment which outlaws slavery in the USA. Did President Lincoln Free the slaves?

 What Happened?  Shot by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theater  The Conspiracy  was to kill all major union leaders in the hopes of reviving the Confederacy and restarting the war  Lincoln’s death did not have this effect Why Was President Lincoln Assassinated?

Lincoln v. Johnson Reconstruction Ten Percent Plan #1. Offered Pardon to any who would swear allegiance to the Union and accept policy on slavery #2. Denied Pardon to ALL Confederate Military & Govt. Officials, & to any who had African American War Prisoners #3. After 10% of the voters had sworn Allegiance to the Union, states could hold conventions and create new state constitutions ( Not Required to guarantee black voting rights.) #4. After #3 states could hold elections and resume full participation in the Union #1. Pardoned All southerners who swore Allegiance. #2. It permitted each state to hold conventions w/o 10%. #3. States were required to VOID secession, abolish slavery, & repudiate the Confederate Debt. #4. States could then hold elections and rejoin the Union

 Radical Republicans Demand reforms  The Freedmen’s Bureau  40 Acres and a mule  13 th, 14 th, 15 th Amendments  Johnson’s policy weaken reform  Black Codes-Jim Crow Laws What happened to African Americans after the Civil War?

 Reconstruction’s Goal: was to restore the Union between N. & S. Politically, Economically, & Socially.  It failed on almost all 3.  Political  Corruption & Poor Government changed little in the south  Southern Economy  was slow to recover  Infrastructure had to be rebuild  Land had to be re-claimed and farmed  Social  Rise of the KKK.  share cropping and tenant farming replace slavery.  Plessey v. Ferguson set segregation as the law.. How did it all end?

1. What effect did Lincoln’s assassination have on the nation after the war? 2. What were the key differences between Lincoln and Johnson’s Reconstruction Plans? 3. List some examples of both positive and negative results of the war for African Americans. 4. What was the goal of Reconstruction and was it achieved why or why not? Lecture Review Questions