1. November 28, 2017
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NOTES #23: What occurred during the early years of Reconstruction?
NOTES #24: What constitutional amendments were ratified during Reconstruction?

3. What occurred during the early years of Reconstruction? Notes #23
General Robert E. Lee and the South surrenders (April 9, 1865)

4. Reconstruction was a period/plan after the Civil War when the U. S
Reconstruction was a period/plan after the Civil War when the U.S. government attempted to restore the Union (U.S.).

5. Former Confederate leaders, President Jefferson Davis and
During Reconstruction, President Abraham Lincoln planned to forgive the South and quickly restore the Union.
Former Confederate leaders,
President Jefferson Davis and
General Robert E. Lee

6. John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln
In 1865, Lincoln was assassinated and Vice President Andrew Johnson became president.
John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln
(April 14, 1865)
President Andrew
Johnson (1865–1869)

7. Similar to Lincoln, Johnson wanted to allow the Southern states to re-enter the Union as quickly as possible.

8. However, a group called the Radical Republicans controlled Congress and they wanted to punish the South . . .

9. . . . by using Reconstruction to force political and social reform in the Southern states.

10. Serious differences between Congress and Johnson over how to handle Reconstruction resulted in the impeachment of Johnson in 1868.

11. Johnson was acquitted, but lost his political power, and the Radical Republicans in Congress dictated the terms of Reconstruction thereafter.