Work on the Weekly Notebook Questions and Consider the Following Questions for Discussion Later: Mon, 9/29/14 (1) What were the different plans for Reconstruction? (2) Why did President Johnson clash with the Radical Republicans over the Reconstruction of the American South? (3) Given President Lincoln’s assassination, did this event save the president from a more tarnished presidential legacy?

Essential Learning Questions Was Reconstruction an “unfinished revolution?” What were the freedoms African-Americans gained during Reconstruction? What were the different plans for Reconstruction? How did life in the South change during Reconstruction?

Freedmen’s Bureau and Education Education: No state-supported, mandatory school system existed in the American South. By 1865, 90,000 former slaves enrolled in schools Attendance rates were between 79% - 82% By 1870, 1,000 schools established in American South By 1876, 40% of all African American children attended school. An inspector for the Bureau reported the freedmen “have a natural thirst for knowledge” and are excited by “the special study of books.” Established 11 colleges in Southern states The Bureau spent $5 million to establish schools.

President Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” Pardoned all Southerners, except high-ranking military officers, who took an oath pledging loyalty to the Union and support for emancipation. As soon as 10% of a state’s voters took the oath, the state could … – Could call a state convention – Establish a new state government – Apply for congressional recognition

Wade-Davis Bill (1864) Moderate Republicans’ plan to do the following: – Majority of Southerners in each state needed to take an oath of loyalty to the Union in order for the state to reorganize and hold a state convention. – All delegates to state conventions needed to take an “iron-clad” affirming they did not fight against the Union, nor support the Confederacy – Each state would have to abolish slavery and reject all Confederate government debts

President Johnson’s Plans 10% loyalty oath by a Southern state’s population, then they could hold a state convention, establish new government, and apply for Congress’s recognition. Pardoned all Southerners taking an oath of loyalty to the Union, except high-ranking Confederate government leaders, officers in Confederate Army, and Southern property owners over $20,000 in property value. Anyone could apply for a pardon individually.