1. Chapter 17 Reconstruction and the New South (1865-1896)
Section 1 Reconstruction Plans

2. Chapter Time Line

3. Chapter Time Line

4. Section 1-Polling Question
If you were President Lincoln, how would you have treated the South after it lost the Civil War?
A. I would have punished the South severely.
B. I would have forgiven the states and allowed them to rejoin the Union immediately.
C. I would have allowed the southern states to rejoin the Union as soon as they denounced slavery.
D. I would have allowed the states to rejoin the Union but not given them representation in government for a certain amount of time. A B C D

5. How did plans to unify the nation differ after the Civil War?
Essential Question
How did plans to unify the nation differ after the Civil War?

6. Reconstruction Debate
The Union was saved
Now the challenge was reuniting and rebuilding the country
The Southern states needed to be readmitted
The Southern economy and society also needed to be rebuilt
Americans disagreed on how this should happen
The period of rebuilding is called Reconstruction
Also refers to the various plans for readmitting the Southern states to the Union

7. Lincoln’s Plan December 1863, during the Civil War
Lincoln introduced the Ten Percent Plan
When 10% of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the state could form a new government
And adopt a new constitution that banned slavery
Lincoln believed that punishing the South would serve no purpose and would only delay healing the torn nation

8. Lincoln’s Plan Continued
Lincoln offered amnesty (a pardon)
To all white Southerners who were willing to swear loyalty to the Union
Except Confederate leaders
states under Union occupation (Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee) set up governments under the plan
But the Congress refused to seat the states’ representatives

9. The Radicals’ Plan Some Republicans saw Lincoln’s plan too forgiving
They favored a more radical approach and were called the Radical Republicans
Radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens said that Southern institutions “must be broken up and relaid, or all our blood and treasure have been spent in vain”
Congress was controlled by the Radical Republicans and voted to deny seats to representatives from any state that was readmitted under Lincoln’s plan

10. Wade-Davis Bill July 1864- Congress passed the Wade-Davis Bill
To rejoin the Union, a state had to meet several requirements
1. A majority of the state’s white males had to swear loyalty to the Union
2. Only white males who swore they had not fought against the Union could vote for delegates to a state constitutional convention
3. New state constitutions had to ban slavery
The bill would also ban former Confederates from holding public office

11. Lincoln’s Response Lincoln refused to sign the Wade-Davis Bill
But he wanted state governments to form quickly
Lincoln wanted order restored in the South as soon as possible
Lincoln would have to compromise with the Radical Republicans

12. Section 1
Which of the following was a provision of the Wade-Thomas Bill?
A. African American males in a state had to swear loyalty to the Union.
B. Former Confederates could not hold public office.
C. Confederate states could be admitted to the Union even if they kept slavery.
D. Half of all delegates to a constitutional convention had to be formerly enslaved people. A B C D

13. The Freedmen’s Bureau
March Lincoln and Congress set up the Freedmen’s Bureau
The bureau helped African Americans adjust to freedom
It provided food, clothing, and medical services
Also helped freed people acquire land or find work for fair wages
Also set up schools and gave aid to new African American institutions of higher learning
Including Atlanta University, Howard University, and Fisk University

14. April 14th, 1865
President Lincoln attended a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
John Wilkes Booth entered the private box and shot Lincoln in the head
Lincoln died hours later
Vice President Andrew Johnson became president
John soon revealed his plan for Reconstruction (Called- Restoration)

15. Restoration
Johnson’s plan would grant amnesty to most Southerners once they swore loyalty to the Union
High-ranking Confederates could be pardoned only by appealing to the president
This showed that Johnson wanted to humiliate the leaders who he believed had tricked the South’s people into seceding
John said only loyal, pardoned whites could vote for delegates to the state constitutional conventions
John stated “white men alone must manage the South
Johnson opposed equal rights for African Americans

16. Restoration Continued
States had to denounce secession and ban slavery before reentering the Union
States also had to ratify the 13th amendment (Abolished slavery in the US)
By the end of 1865 all former confederate states had new governments and were ready to rejoin the Union
Except Texas

17. A B C D What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?
Section 1
What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?
A. It welcomed former Confederate states back into the Union.
B. It made secession illegal.
C. It pardoned Confederate leaders.
D. It abolished slavery throughout the Union. A B C D

18. How did plans to unify the nation differ after the Civil War?
Essential Question
How did plans to unify the nation differ after the Civil War?
-Lincoln wanted to avoid punishing to promote healing, so he offered amnesty to all white Southerners except Confederate leaders
-Radical Republicans favored harsher measures that would break up and rebuild the South’s institutions and ban former Confederates from holding office
-Johnson wanted to pardon most Southerners but humiliate Confederate leaders

19. Chapter 17 Section 1 Quiz

20. The period after the Civil War is know as Rebuilding.
True
False

21. The Ten Percent Plan required 10 percent of the voters of a state to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
True
False

22. In 1864 the Union army occupied Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
True
False

23. The Wade-Davis Bill countered the Ten Percent Plan.
True
False

24. Lincoln was assassinated while attending a play.
True
False

25. The period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was called
amnesty.
war spoils.
Reconstruction.
Civil War Rebuilding.

26. What is the name of the decree that required a majority of the white males in a state to swear loyalty to the Union?
Ten Percent Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Reconstruction Bill
Freedmen's Bureau

27. African Americans were helped to make the transition to freedom by the
Wade-Davis Plan.
Ten Percent Plan.
Reconstruction Act.
Freedmen's Bureau.

28. President Abraham Lincoln was shot at
the White House.
Ford's Theater.
Samuel Mudd's house.
William Petersen's house.

29. The person who was president after Lincoln was
Andrew Johnson.
Daniel Webster.
John C. Calhoun.
Andrew Jackson.

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