1. Reconstruction Plans
Atlanta, Georgia shortly after the end of the American Civil War showing the city's rail yard and roundhouse in ruins.

2. The Radical Republican’s Plan – p. 547 , 554
Use your book to learn about one of the three plans. Write down the highlights, then teach your group about it!
Lincoln’s Plan – p. 546
The Radical Republican’s Plan – p , 554
Andrew Johnson’s Plan – p. 552

3. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
Lincoln appears to have aged substantially during his time as president!
Do the math… He was only 56 years old when he died! What else could he have done if he had lived on!
One of the last photographs of Lincoln, likely taken between February and April 1865
Lincoln in 1860

4. "With malice toward none, with charity for all"
Lincoln‘s Plan – “Charity for All” – 1863
"With malice toward none, with charity for all"
Abraham Lincoln

5. Lincoln’s Plan – □ Amnesty – forgiveness to the Southern people
□ 10% Plan – pledge loyalty to the U.S. and form new govt. (no CSA leaders involved)
□ South must free slaves

6. (Veterans; educated can vote)
□ Southern states would not be forced to give white and black Americans the same rights.
(Veterans; educated can vote)
Doesn’t this contradict the first line of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?

7. THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS PLAN
extreme or drastic
“(The South) must be broken up and re-laid, or all our blood and treasure have been spent in vain.”- Thaddeus Stevens
"Congress alone can do it... Congress must create states and declare whether they are to be represented." - Thaddeus Stevens

8. THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS PLAN
WADE – DAVIS BILL -
50% pledge loyalty
Only non-veterans could vote at state constitutional convention (rebel govt. denied)
- New state constitution had to abolish slavery

9. Andrew Johnson’s Plan Restoration
Most gain amnesty through loyalty oath.
Officials and wealthy need a presidential pardon.

10. Andrew Johnson’s Plan
States must:
decide free African Americans rights
Denounce secession
abolish slavery
Ratify 13th Amendment
(all accept by end of 1865)

11. Which plan do you think is the best plan? Why?
Hmmmmm, Watcha Think????
Which plan do you think is the best plan? Why?

12. GROUP QUESTION #1: You are President Johnson
GROUP QUESTION #1: You are President Johnson. What would you do to get along
With Congress’
Radical Republicans?
The Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin where the Republican Party was first organized locally in 1854

13. Extended the Freedmen's Bureau (Over Johnson's Veto) to provide food, clothing, shelter, and education to freedmen and war refugees.
Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Passed over Johnson's Veto) designed to grant freedmen full legal equality, undercutting the Black Codes
- Reconstruction Act of 1867 (Passed over Johnson's Veto)
Divided the South into 5 districts and placed them under military rule (disbanded governments readmitted under Lincoln/Johnson plans
Required S. States to ratify the 14th Amendment
Guaranteed freedmen the right to vote in conventions to write new state constitutions

14. If you created your own plan, what concerns would you have?

15. Group Question #2: You and your cabinet are devising a plan to put the country back together. What would your reconstruction plan be for the United States? Make sure you address the following issues.

16. Freedman’s Bureau: What should it do? How long should it be in place?
2) How many people need to pledge their loyalty to the U.S. before admitting states? Should they be the same states, or new ones?
3) What involvement should former Confederate leaders have? What about those who fought for the South?
4) What rights should African Americans hold, and who should determine those rights?
5) Troops: Should there be troops enforcing the plan? If so where at, and how long will they be there?