1. Legacy of the Civil War & Reconstruction

2. Reconstruction
Define in table groups (in relation to the Civil War)

3. What was Reconstruction?
Time Period:
A series of laws that put southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new state constitutions upholding the 13th,14th & 15th amendments.
13th:
14th:
15th:
These are what we call the Reconstruction Amendments

4. Reconstruction Era Presidential Reconstruction (1865-1867)
Congressional Reconstruction ( )
Lincoln’s Plan: issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction which gave forgiveness to all southerners who pledged loyalty to the Union and supported emancipation.
Ten-Percent Plan: stated that once 10 percent of a southern state’s voters took the oath, they could organize a new state government, which had to ban slavery.

5. Crash Course
You know it’s awesome