Rebuilding the Nation 16-1 VOCABULARY voluntary- not forced; done of one’s own free will resolve- to decide; to solve Abraham Lincoln- president of the union amnesty- a group pardon freedman- enslaved people who have been enslaved by the law John Wilkes Booth- Lincoln’s murderer; confederate sympathizer Rebuilding the nation

Preparing for Reunion -What will happen to freed slaves and the homeless? -Trying to get the North and South back together was called reconstruction.

Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan -Dec. 1863 -10% of the state’s voters have to swore an oath of loyalty -U.S government could then organize a new state government -They would declare an end to slavery, then the state could send members to congress and they could take part in national government -Included amnesty for former confederates who took loyalty oath

Wade Davis Bill -6 months after 10% plan -50% of voters sign loyalty oath before returning to the union -Anyone who had voluntarily fought for the confederates would not be able to vote for delegates going to the convention to write the new state constitution -This bill didn’t give the right to vote but Lincoln never signed it so it was never a law -Supporters of strict policy were called Radical Republicans

Freedmen’s Bureau -March 1865 -Involved slaves freed by war and war refugees -Provided relief to people forced to leave their homes, by the war -Set up courts to resolve issues with African Americans

Education -After war the states set up schools for freedmen to learn to read and write -Most of the teachers were North, white women -Larger quantity of the teachers were North African American women -South lacked education before the war -Now they educate whites as well as blacks -There are still institutions from these times, Fisk University, Tennessee, Hampton University, and Virginia

Edmonia Highgate She was the daughter of freed slaves, and taught in a Freedmen’s Bureau school in Louisiana. Many people from far away were very excited to learn in her class.

Lincoln is Murdered -April 14, 1865 in Ford’s Theatre, Lincoln was shot in the head with a pistol by a Confederate sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth -Booth was shot 2 days after pursuers trapped him in a barn and set it on fire -8 people convicted and 4 people were hung -Funeral train back to Illinois, people stood around the tracks from all over to watch -Vice President, Andrew Johnson, from Tennessee, who was a Southern Democrat remained with the union throughout war -Many people thought he would take a strict approach to reconstruction

John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.