Reconstruction 1865 1877 Expanding the role of government and the struggle for groups to retain power I Presidential Reconstruction Lincoln Johnson A Abraham Lincoln Great Emancipator Republican 1 Lincoln s Second Inaugural 1865 a Gave this speech during the Civil War and was assassinated one month b Lincoln addresses why we are fighting the Civil War to end slavery reunite the United States 2 10 Plan a Proclamation of Amnesty b Grant amnesty and restore citizenship to confederates as long as they took allegiance to the Union c As soon as the state abolishes slavery and 10 of citizens of the state took oath to Union they could form their new state government d Once their new state government is formed the state could rejoin the later Union e These states did not have to grant freed slaves voting rights just acknowledge that they were not slaves 3 Wade Davis Bill a Would prevent readmitted states from serving in Congress b Pocket vetoed by Lincoln B Andrew Johnson Democrat 1 Johnson s Plan a Grant amnesty to all confederates very sympathetic to the South b Appointed provisional governor s to 8 Southern states c Only people who were eligible to vote in 1860 could participate no women or slaves allowed to vote 2 Thirteenth Amendment 1865 a Abolishes slavery as a country b Pushed by Republican in Congress II Opposition in the South A Black Codes slaves B Good Old Rebel 1 Codes in Southern states to control black citizens 2 Cods varied from state to state but all greatly limited freedom of freed 1 Poem written by Major Innes Rudolph a former Confederate soldier 2 Pledging his allegiance to the Confederacy and does not want to be pardoned or reinstated to the Union 3 Wishes he killed more Union soldiers during the war III Congressional Reconstruction A Civil Rights Bill of 1866 Freedmen s Bureau Bill 1 Passed by Northern Republicans in Congress 2 Vetoed by President Johnson 3 Congress successfully overrides veto of Civil Rights Bill but not Freedmen s Bureau Bill B Fourteenth Amendment 1867 1 Equal protection under the law to all US citizens did not include suffrage a Banned former Confederate leaders to serve in state or federal offices b Banned compensation to former slave owners 2 More Radical Republicans in Congress 3 Pres Johnson urged states not to ratify because he was a Democrat 4 1867 1870 considered Radical Reconstruction C Radical Republicans in Congress 1 Three steps radicals take on Southern states a Divides Southern states into 5 military districts b Military generals got to choose who went to conventions included blacks c Required to establish black suffrage 14th amendment 2 Pres Johnson vetoes but Congress overrides 3 Command of Army Act Military General Ulysses Grant appoints these 5 military generals not the President D Tenure of Office Act 1867 1 Restricted the power of the President to remove certain office holders without the approval of the Senate 2 Vetoed by Pres Johnson overridden by Congress E Impeachment Tenure of Office Act 1 Radical Republicans wanted Johnson impeached after he went against the 2 Johnson was not impeached by one vote 3 Johnson did not get re elected Ulysses S Grant elected as President in 1869 F Fifteenth Amendment 1870 1 Black males receive the right to vote 2 All Confederate states readmitted into Union
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