1. The Battle Over Reconstruction

2. Target: I can explain Lincoln’s 10% plan and the Wade- Davis Bill Bell ringer: Chapter 16, Section 1 key terms and questions in study guides Lincoln’s 2 nd Inaugural Address Homework: Civil War Battlefield Timeline Text Book Turn In this Friday, 5/13

3. The 13 th Amendment Banned slavery and forced labor Also gave Congress the power to enforce its terms January of 1865

4. Differing Views President JohnsonRadical Republicans Majority of white men must swear oath of loyalty Must ratify 13 th amendment Former Confederate officials may vote and hold office Must disband state governments Must write a new state constitution Must ratify 13 th and 14 th amendments Must allow African Americans to vote

5. Radical Reconstruction Civil Rights Act of 1866 (a response to “black codes”) 14 th Amendment – guaranteed citizenship to all those born in the United States and the protection of their civil rights (now it couldn’t be overturned by the Supreme Court Reconstruction Act of 1867 – “Hard Reconstruction” Removed the governments of all states that had not ratified the 14 th Amendment Divided these states up into 5 military districts and subjected them to military rule 15 th Amendment – voting rights for freed slaves

6. Impact on African Americans Education Voting rights Active role in politics Sheriffs, mayors, judges, and legislators (House and Senate) Fair Taxes **Remember this was when the South was under military rule

7. Grant Elected President African American votes (over 500,000) Support of many Northern businessmen

8. 15 th Amendment Right to vote could not be denied b/c of race, color, or previous condition of servitude Critics claimed it wasn’t strong enough

9. KKK Whites in the South were angry at being shut out of power Created many secret societies Threats, burning crosses Whip, beat, torture Lynchings Took hundreds of lives during the election of 1868 Used intimidation and terror to eliminate political power of African Americans