Aim: How did Reconstruction impact the South Post-Civil War? Do Now: Write down 3 facts you learned from the video. war/john-wilkes-booth/videos/the-other-side-of- lincoln-lincolns- assassination?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f =1&free=false HW: Finish worksheet war/john-wilkes-booth/videos/the-other-side-of- lincoln-lincolns- assassination?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f =1&free=false

Appomattox, Virginia General Robert E. Lee surrenders to U.S. Grant Civil War is over

Thirteenth Amendment “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States” Slavery is declared illegal

Reconstruction Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan: –Required ten-percent of the voting population in a rebellious state pledge an oath of loyalty in order to return to the Union

Radical Republicans Wade Davis Bill –Congress, not the president, is responsible for reconstruction. –A majority, NOT 10 percent, should swear an oath of allegiance in order to rejoin the Union

Lincoln’s Assassination Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a southern sympathizer, five days after Confederates surrender

President Johnson Carries out Reconstruction Democrat Favors harsh punishment of Confederacy Considered traitor by the South Considered friend of the Radical Republicans

Freedmen’s Bureau: Government agency which provides assistance to former slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing, food medical aid, access to hospitals, and education

Black Codes Discriminatory laws passed in the South that severely restricted African Americans’ lives. Denied them the rights to –testify against whites –serve on juries or in state militias –Vote – start a job without the approval of the previous employer