1. Chapter 17: Reconstruction

2. Section 17.1: The Beginning of Reconstruction

3. Abraham Lincoln began his 2nd term as President as the war was ending
He put together a plan to rebuild the nation
His plan said a state could rejoin the Union when 10% of its voters took an oath to support the Union
Lincoln offered amnesty, or pardon, to southerns
This would allow the states to rejoin the Union as quickly as possible
James Buchanan
John Crittenden
Abraham Lincoln

4. Lincoln’s death delayed rebuilding in the South
On the evening of April 14, 1865, Lincoln attended a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
John Wilkes Booth, who supported the southern cause, went to the box where Lincoln was sitting and shot the President in the back of the head
Lincoln died the next morning, Booth was killed by soldiers a few days later
Lincoln’s death delayed rebuilding in the South
James Buchanan
John Crittenden
Abraham Lincoln

5. Problems in the South
In the South, the damage from the war had been great
After the war, there were many problems in the South
Countless farms and large plantations were ruined
Confederate money was worthless; many formerly wealthy people had no funds
Most banks closed
Road became blocked with rubble from the war
Many bridges were destroyed
The South had few police, no judges, and no courts

6. Reconstruction
Reconstruction – the rebuilding of the South – was now in the hands of the new President, Andrew Johnson
Johnson was vice president to Lincoln
Was not well liked by many members of Congress
Johnson tried to follow Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan
He pardoned most southerners who took an oath
Appointed temporary governments to help them re-form their governments and elect new representatives to Congress

7. Within a few months of the Reconstruction plan, most of these states had reorganized and ratified the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery
By the end of 1865, Johnson announced that all of the southern states but Texas were readmitted to the Union
Congress did not agree
Members of Congress called the “Radical Republicans” opposed the Reconstruction plan
Wanted to punish the former Confederate States for the trouble they caused the nation
James Buchanan
John Crittenden
Abraham Lincoln

8. Radicals refused to recognize the newly formed southern governments or the recently elected representatives from them
Some newly established state governments in the South had adopted “Black Codes”
Under the Black Codes, former slaves, now called freemen, were restricted from voting, owning certain kinds of land, and working certain skilled jobs
James Buchanan
John Crittenden
Abraham Lincoln

9. 1.) Under Lincoln’s plan, how could states come back into the Union?
17.1 PowerPoint Questions
1.) Under Lincoln’s plan, how could states come back into the Union?
2.) Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
3.) What was the South like after the Civil War?
4.) What was the importance of the 13th Amendment?
5.) What was the name of the group that was against Reconstruction?
C.T.) Do you think African Americans were really free in the South? Why or why not?