1. American History Chapter 17
Reconstruction and Its Aftermath

2. GR & RT 17-1 Reconstruction Plans
Abraham Lincoln’s Plan
The state constitution had to ban slavery
Do not punish the south
10% Plan
Offered amnesty to all white Southerners, except Confederate leaders
Granted the right to vote for some African Americans

3. Wade-Davis Bill
Only white males who had never fought against the Union could vote at a states’ convention
The state constitution had to ban slavery
Former Confederates could not hold public office
50% of white males in a state had to swear loyalty to the Union

4. Andrew Johnson’s Plan States had to ratify the 13th Amendment
The state constitution had to ban slavery
He was opposed to giving African Americans equal rights
Wealthy landowners had to apply to the president personally for a pardon
Restoration
Only whites who had been pardoned could vote at the state’s convention

5. Terms
10% Plan
- 10% of a southern white men had to pledge loyalty to the U.S.
50% Plan
- Congress’s plan for southern white men

6. GR 17-2
1. Black Codes
2. They aimed to control freed African American men and women and to enable plantation owners to exploit African American workers
3. to set up special courts to prosecute individuals charged with violating the rights of African Americans

7. 4. The Civil Rights Act of 1866
5. it overturned the black codes. It contradicted the Dred Scott decision
6. he said the federal government was over stepping its authority and the laws were unconstitutional because they were passed by a Congress that did not include representatives for all the states.

8. 7. They had enough votes to override his vetoes
8. It passed the 14th Amendment
9. Tennessee
10. to take Reconstruction into its own hands
11. into five military districts
12. the right to vote in state elections

9. 13. the Tenure of Office Act
14. He suspended secretary of War Edwin Stanton without the Senate’s approval
15. They voted to impeach, or remove, the president from office
16. when the 15th Amendment was ratified and became law in Feb. 1870