HY 204 1st Edition Lecture 3New Birth of FreedomI. The Aftermath of the Civil WarII. Early Plans for ReunionA. Lincoln’s 10% Plan (1863)a. Sign oath of loyalty & abolish slavery for readmission into Union; requires 10% of State population; allows States to run own government in returnb. Radical Republicans such as Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner opposed this “lenient” punishment for Confederate statesa. They wanted to protect the rights of slaves and really stick it to the Confederates III. DemocratsA. Copperhead DemocratsB. War Democratsa. Wanted to win the war but didn’t care about black Americans’ rights or slaveryb. McLellan (war dem.) runs against LincolnIV. Wade-Davis Bill (1864)A. Over 50 % of the population has to pledge loyalty to the Union; dissolve Confederatemilitary; Union controls governmentB. Lincoln pocket vetoes because he wants to compromise with Confederate states andis seeking re-electionV. Thirteenth Amendment & EmancipationA. Amendment to officially abolish slavery (1865)B. Corwin Agreement- would have been the thirteenth amendment, however it was never ratifieda. It would have made slavery constitutionalThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.b. It was passed by congress, went for ratification, and then the Civil War brokeout, resulting in it becoming a “ghost amendment”VI. Lincoln’s Assassination & Andrew JohnsonA. Johnson allowed South to reconstruct itselfa. Southern governments took advantage of this freedom and enact the Black Codes and vagrancy laws to bypass emancipationVII. Roots of Radical ReconstructionA. Radical Republicans renew the Freedman’s Bureau (1866)a. Create networks for free men in the Southb. Opposed Johnson’s attempts to shut it downB. Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to all a. Did NOT give Black Americans the right to vote!b. However, if they were not counted towards the vote, they were not to be apportioned in Congress C. Reconstruction Acts of 1867a. Designed to use the military to help Southern Black Americans. b. Granted a do-over overseen by the governmenti. Divided the South into 5 military distractsii. Required all states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment D. Tenure of Office Act (1867)a. You can’t remove a member of Cabinet without Congressional approvali. Johnson removed Secretary of War, Stanton, without Congress’ approvalii. Leads to his