1. RECONSTRUCTION

2. ISSUES
1. On what terms should the defeated Confederacy be reunited with the Union?
2. Who should establish these terms? Congress or the President?
3. What should the place be of former slaves in the political life of the south?

3. PLANS Lincoln “…with malice toward none, with charity towards all…”
Proclamation of Amnesty-oath of loyalty
10%

4. PLANS Presidential/Johnson
Pardons
Nullify secession
Amnesty Proclamation
Abolishment of Slavery

5. PLANS Congressional/Radical Republicans
Joint Committee on Reconstruction-1866
Conflict IMMEDIATELY with President Johnson
Freedmens Bureau
Continued/OVERRIDE
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Citizenship
Property rights
Testify in Congress

6. Congressional Reconstruction Reconstruction Act of 1867
States had to ratify the 14th amendment
Equal Protection
Due Process
Allow African Americans to vote

7. Congressional Reconstruction
Military Reconstruction Act-5 districts!