1. Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln vs. Johnson
September 5, 2013

2. Lincoln’s 10 Percent Plan (1863)
Amnesty if proclaim loyalty to Union & free slaves
NEED: 10% voters to proclaim loyalty & allowed to form state gov’t
New state go v’t outlaw slavery
Re-enter Union with full state benefits & representation in Congress
GOAL: End War
Congress feels 10% too lenient
Congress passes Wade-Davis Bill
REQUIRES: 50% loyalty oath
PLUS: Iron-Clad Oath
Testify never aided or abetted rebellion
Oath required to VOTE and serve in state gov’t
GOAL: Ensure UNIONISTS in gov’t (not Confederates)
Lincoln VETOES

3. Andrew Johnson’s Plan: Limit Freedman’s Bureau (no 40 acres)
Take loyalty oath to receive pardon for participation in rebellion
And…Confederate leaders and wealthy farmers could appeal directly to Johnson for pardon
13,000 pardoned
Regain citizenship & all property (except slaves)
Begin voting & form state gov’t
No concern for freed African Americans
GOAL: Wrap up Reconstruction quickly
WHO’S PLAN WOULD YOU CHOOSE? WHY OR WHY NOT?

4. Southern State Governments
Restore Confederate leaders to POWER
Black Codes
Modeled off of slave codes that existed before Civil War
Legalized marriage & allowed to own/ sell property
NO (1) serve on jury (2) testify against white person in court (3) interracial marriage
And special rules in some areas:
1. No African American in Mississippi could own/ rent farmland
2. African American criminals hired out as laborers to WHITE landowners
Consequences of BLACK CODES???