1. Unit 9: The Civil War & Reconstruction - Reconstruction pt. 1

2. Bell Ringer:
What does it mean to reconstruct?
What are some foreseeable problems trying to unite the country back together?

3. Videos Reconstruction & 1876: Crash Course US History #22
Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color: African Americans After the War | History
Roots: A History Revealed - Failed Promises | History

4. Reconstruction Plans „The South after the war… laid in ruins
homes burned, businesses closed, properties abandoned, railroads destroyed
½ farm machinery & livestock gone
¼ white men ages dead
4 million freed slaves

11. Reconstruction Plans 13th Amendment passed Dec 1865
outlawed slavery in the United States

12. Reconstruction Plans Lincoln’s 10% Plan to re-enter the Union...
10% of those who voted in 1860 had to swear a loyalty oath to union and receive a pardon
ratify the 13th amendment
Views on African-Americans:
is not concerned with social or political equality - just wants to reunite the nation

13. Radical Reconstruction
14th amendment
guarantees citizenship for ALL including former slaves
Citizenship
Equal Protection
Bill of Rights to ALL States.
had to be added to state constitutions

14. Reconstruction in the South
15th Amendment
cannot be denied the right to vote based on race
(nothing about gender - women still can’t vote)

15. Reconstruction Plans
Members of Lincoln’s own party disagreed with his plan
“Radical Republicans”
led by Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
wanted full citizenship for African-Americans (including right to vote) and harsh punishments for Confederates

16. Reconstruction Plans Freedman’s Bureau
proposed by Congress (Radical Republicans), supported by Lincoln
Goal was to provide for black and white refugees in the South
education, healthcare, clothing, food
reunited former slave families
represented African Americans in court

17. Reconstruction Plans Southerners begin to restore old ways…
Black Codes: laws that limited the rights of blacks, socially and economically.
couldn’t own land
only work certain jobs
curfews, travel permits, couldn’t carry weapons, couldn’t marry whites, couldn't sue or be on jury, etc..
Intended to keep them in the condition of slavery

18. Exit Ticket:
What was the purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau?