1. End of Civil War and Reconstruction

2. Lincoln’s Assassination
April 15th 1865
John Wilkes Booth
Plot to bring down Union Government
Johnson becomes President

3. Economy North: South: Industrial Boom in North continued
Land Grant College Act and Higher Tariffs
Industrialization during the war helped the US to emerge as a economic world power
South:
Had to rebuild- what little industry and railroads they had were ruined
Relied on Northern Investment
LGCA- gave money to states for sale of public land in the west
War economy= economic boom= world economic power which will catapult us into a military power

4. Society and Politics
Former confederacy left in shambles- including their social structure
Freedmen- had hope for the future
Federal Authority
End of sectionalism?
Had to completely rebuild their economy, was based on free labor, now had to find a different way to make money, social structure based off of owning land and growing cotton- now a lot of people had lost that had to recreate it in a legal way.
Freedman- hope- no longer slaves but now what?
Federal authority is now dominant over state authority- from this point in history onward

5. Now What?
Who will run Reconstruction- Executive or Legislative- does the Constitution say?
3 main questions:
How will southern states rejoin the Union?
How will the southern economy be rebuilt?
What rights will African Americans have?

6. Lincoln’s Plan
10% plan- 1863,
10% of state voters had to take a loyalty oath to the Union
Abolish slavery and provide education for freedmen
Was rejected by congress
Compensation to white southerners for loss of property
No guarantee of equality for African Americans- did propose to send them back to Africa

7. Johnson’s Plan
Each state must ratify the 13th amendment, and draft a constitution abolishing slavery
Pardons and restoration of land to any confederate who swore allegiance to the Union
States right to not allow African Americans into government
Southerners began to try and restore their way of life- Black Codes
Johnson does not like the radical republicans!!!!
Black codes- created by the south to control the large freedman population, based off of lave codes- replaced the word slave with black/freedman and owner with employer
Johnson will eventually be impeached- does not pass becomes “lame duck”

8. Congress (Radical Republican) Plan
Response to southerners trying to take control-
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Congress Had a 2/3 Majority of Radical Republicans- could overturn a Presidential Veto
Wade-Davis Bill- at least 50% of voters must pledge an oath
Re-allocation of land and education of Freedmen
(see next slide)
Civil right act of federal guarantee of civil rights,
Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial

9. Radical Reconstruction Legislation
Freedman’s Bureau Acts,
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
14th Amendment, 1868
15th Amendment, 1870
Freedmans bureau- government agency to provide services to freedmen like education and job placement
Civil rights act of grants citizenship and outlaws black codes (hard to enforce- black codes will morph into Jim Crow laws)
Military- divides remaining sates into 5 military districts under martial law(union military controlling the south- worked while the military was there to ensure