Lincoln: 10% oath of loyalty President’s Plan Lincoln: 10% oath of loyalty Lincoln : accept Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln: Abolish slavery Johnson: Abolish slavery Johnson: Pardon Confederates Johnson: Veto Freedmen’s Bureau Johnson: Veto Civil Rights Act 1866 Congress’ Plan (Radical Republicans) Punish the South! Prevent Confederates in Politics Help African Americans (Freedmen’s Bureau) Wade-Davis Bill – Rejected by Lincoln Place South under Military Rule 14th & 15th Amendments Impeach President Johnson Reconstruction 1865-1877 To Rebuild the United States African Americans Gain: Slavery abolished (13th Amendment) Gain: Freedmen’s Bureau Gain: Civil Rights (14th Amendment) Gain: Voting Rights (15th Amendment) Gain: Educational & Political Opporutunities Loss: Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Grandfather Cl. Loss: Black Codes (Southern Laws) Loss: Tenant Farmers Loss: Sharecroppers Failures of Reconstruction 1. South initiates Jim Crow Laws 2. Supreme Court makes decisions favoring South 3. Scandals in Grant Administration 4. Panic of 1873 5. Hayes strikes deal to end reconstruction (Compromise of 1877) 6. Rise of KKK Wade-Davis Bill – congress, not the president, responsible for reconstruction. Vetoed by Lincoln. When Johnson was on his way out of office, Congress took over Reconstruction – 1867-1877.

RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION More like √Reconstruction am I right?

Reconstruction: 1865-1877 Reconstruction: 1865-1877 How do we rebuild the US? Andrew Johnson Southern Democrat Sympathized w/ South Lenient Reconstruction plan But, did make states ratify the 13th amendment

Congressional Reconstruction (aka, Radical Reconstruction) 1867-1877 Congress opposed Johnson many called “Radical Republicans” Radical: a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform wanted extreme changes in society including: punishing South for Civil War giving Freedmen equal rights

Reconstructing a Nation After 4 years of war and over 200 years of slavery, could Northerners and Southerners rebuild the South together? Could they unify as citizens of the same country? Image retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005683189/ Photograph of a Union soldier camp taken between 1861 and 1865

African Americans in the South How would freed men and women be treated in the Southern states? How would Northerners address the issue of including former slaves as citizens in society? Image retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98504449/ Photograph of an enslaved family in South Carolina taken in 1862 What were some major challenges that former slaves faced?

Central Historical Question Why was the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction considered “radical”?

Directions 1.) Individually read the 1st excerpt by Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican. 2.) Answer questions from his excerpt. 3.) Do the same for Andrew Johnson’s speech. 4.) Write the paragraph from the directions on the back of the packet. **Start your paragraph with an analytical thesis statement. **Use a minimum of 3 pieces of evidence from the documents in your paragraph. **Do NOT use 1st or 2nd person (no I, you, we, us, etc)