1. Reconstruction I. Southern Reconstruction (1863)1865-1877
Emancipation Proclamation start of post war plan.
Lincoln (March 1865): “Malice Towards None.”
Presidential Plan goal: bring southern states back quickly.
1. Void secession, debts, & pass the 13th Amendment.
The Lincoln Assassination Depicted
2. Amnesty offered to former confederates.
3. The “Ten Percent Plan.”
Southern states came back by late Republican congress refused recognition.

2. II. “Radical” Reconstruction President Andrew Johnson
Congress investigated conditions in south, & passed a series of laws (overriding vetos):
Freedmen’s Bureau: provided relief, schools, banks, churches, reunions, land, etc.
Civil Right’s Act (1866). Defined full citizenship, right to own property & court privileges.
President Andrew Johnson
14th Amendment passed. All persons born in the U.S. are citizens.

3. II. “Radical” Reconstruction
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 (passed over Johnson’s veto) did the following:
1. Except Tennessee, all post-1865 southern governments repudiated.
2. South divided into 5 military occupation zones.
3. Military given power to register voters & supervise elections.
4. Required new state conventions to elect new governments & pass 14th Amendment.

4. The Military Occupation of the Reconstruction South

5. III. “Radical” Reconstruction Johnson Impeachment Trial, 1867
Attack Andrew Johnson
Tenure of Office Act (1867)- Prohibited president from removing cabinet w/o approval.
When Johnson challenged law, congress started impeachment.
Fell one vote short of passing!!
Johnson Impeachment Trial, 1867
Many Radical Republicans voted out w/1868 & 1870 elections.

6. IV. Reconstruction Ends,
The 15th Amendment (1870). This splits the Women’s Rights Movement.
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton
Southern states drift back in.
Black/Reconstruction governments replaced w/the “old guard.”
The system of Sharecropping established.
Susan B.
Anthony
(Compromise of 1877). Reconstruction ended.