1. RECONSTRUCTION IN TEXAS Rebuilding the Union after the Civil War

2. Difficulties of Reconstruction most of south in ruins money was scarce African Americans free but couldn’t live still differences between North and South

3. Freedom for slaves Lincoln-Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed slaves in rebelling states only June 19, 1865 General Gordon Granger takes control of Texas Juneteenth celebrates freedom of slaves in Texas

4. Freedman’s Bureau Federal agency to assist freedmen Provided: relief to homeless supervision of affairs management for Confederate lands food, clothing 1 st public schools for African Am. in Texas legal defense

5. National Bureau headed by Oliver O. Howard Howard University Bureau worked for 5 years

6. RECONSTRUCTION PLANS Lincoln’s-10% Plan never believed South had left Union Southern states still had rights Moderate Plan Southerners had to take oath to U.S. 10% of states population take oath, state back in Union

7. Johnson’s Plan Provisional govt. in each state Johnson appt. state officials State must abolish slavery nullify ordinance of secession voting rights Confederate official-$20,000 for special pardon Apply for statehood

8. Radical Republicans Congress control not President States ratify 13 th, 14 th and 15 th Amendments 5 Military Districts St. Consti. had to give Af. Am. right to vote and hold office; repeal Black Codes

9. Johnson fought Radical Republicans for control of Reconstruction impeached, but not convicted impeach-ACCUSE a government official of a crime this is NOT a finding of guilt or innocence

10. Black Codes used to restrict Af. Am. in the South couldn’t votes couldn’t testify against whites couldn’t serve on juries illegal to teach an Af. Am. to read or write Af. Am. confined to agricultural jobs usually on plantations

11. General Philip Sheridan military commander of Texas and Louisiana appoints Elisha M. Pease as governor of Texas

12. Constitution of 1868 Some delegates were Af. Am. Provided: no one excluded due to race or color more support to public education rights to Af. Am. protected public lands more power to governor and leg. ratified 13 th, 14 th and 15 th Amend. Edmund J. Davis elected gov.

13. Reconstruction ends March 30, 1870 President Ulysses S. Grant Reconstruction in Texas over