The Battle Over Reconstruction Chapter 16 Section 2

New Reconstruction Plan Proposed by Andrew Johnson Relaxed plan Had no help from legislators

13 th Amendment Approved December 1865 Abolished slavery and forced labor Had to be ratified by each state Angered Southerners Led to black codes Laws that tried to put African Americans back into a system that was like slavery

Congress Against Johnson Did not like Johnson’s Reconstruction plan Did not want Southern senators and representatives back in congress Did not want Confederates gaining control of South Needed to protect freedmen and get them the right to vote

14 th Amendment 1866-Civil Rights Act passed: gave African Americans citizenship and civil rights Johnson vetoed the act, but passed 14 th amendment created to make sure the Courts could not take away the civil rights act Approved in 1868

Radical Reconstruction Harsher form due to violence against African Americans 1867-Reconstruction Act- removed Southern governments that didn’t approve the 14 th amendment New state constitutions for Southern States to be let back into the Union

Radical Reconstruction Active role in politics from African Americans 16 African Americans served in House of Reps ( ) 2 served in the Senate Southern states opened public schools Women were given property rights

Radical Reconstruction Republican party grows Radicals try to impeach Pres. Johnson Not enough votes for impeachment, 1 short

Election of 1868 Ulysses S. Grant- Republican party Moderate Won majority of states

15 th Amendment Approved 1870 Gave African Americans the right to vote Did not stop voting requirements Property Voting tax

Ku Klux Klan Secret Society First threatened, then violence Congress passed two acts to stop the violence Eventually disbanded, was restarted in the 1900s

Do you believe that African Americans lives improved due to the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th amendments during the Reconstruction period?