Punishing or Pampering the South? Presidential and RadicalReconstructionI. Reconstruction” – Reuniting a Nation Torn1. Many Questions - How much “Reconstruction?” Who will be in charge? How far will Reconstruction go? Should the South be punished? What to do with former slaves?II. A Snapshot of America, 1865III. Presidential Reconstruction - the “gentle approach” 1. Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (1863)a. Map of how to bring the country back together.b. 3 partsi. Loyalty pledge by 10% or southernersii. Apologizeiii. Abolish slavery2. Lincoln the racial moderate3. Andrew Johnson – Continuing Lincoln’s “gentle approach”a. Only southern senator to stay loyal to the north during the civil war (from TN)b. Was rewarded with the vice presidencyc. Continues Lincoln’s plan, but make people ask for a “personal pardon” to regain citizenship4. Want a quick, easy reconstruction, with slavery like before5. AK, TN, LA, VA get back in the UnionIV. Radical Reconstruction – the “get tough” approach1. Constitutional acts – 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendmentsi. 13- no slaveryii. 14- equal rights based on raceiii. 15- right to vote for black men2. Reconstruction Acts (1867)i. The Short-Lived Era of Black Political Influence in the South1. Majority of legislature black in SCii. Wade-Davis Bill (1864)1. Demanded that at least half of the voters in a conquered rebel state take the oath of allegiance before reconstruction could begin3. Freedmen’s Bureaui. Teachers for former slavesii. Took land from plantation owners and gave to former slaves1. Reversed because it was too radical4. Military Force backs it all up5. Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens6. Southerners sending congressmen to DC to pass black codes/segregation lawsi. Illegal for former slave to be unemployedii. Majority of slaves go back to work for former “owners”iii. Heavy taxes of job so agriculturalV. Impeaching Andrew Johnsona. Opposed radical republicansb. Tenure of Office Act- president can’t fire anyone without theapproval of officei. Passed because they knew AJ would break itii. One vote kept him in officeVI. “Redemption” – the white South regains power1. The Lost Cause and the “Moonlight and Magnolias” myth2. The KKK and the intimidation of black male votersa. Nathan Bedford Forrest- founder3. “Reconstruction Fatigue” in the NorthVII. The Final Act – The Compromise of 1877a. In exchange for a democratic promise to not block Hayes’ inauguration and to deal fairly with the freedmen, Hayes vowed to refrain from using the army to uphold the remaining republican regimes in the South and to provide the South with substantial federal subsidies for internal
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