1. Radical Reconstruction Think Back to the last section - What did Johnson’s Plan state? What did southern states have to do? Approve the 13 th Amendment – banning slavery Write new Constitutions Hold elections

2. New Southern members of Congress Northerners alarmed! Southerners voted former leaders of the Confederacy!! Including the former VP of the confederacy. (Alexander Hamilton Stephens from Georgia)

3. Southern Reaction, Northern Response Ex-confederates elected to state and local offices Serve on juries, own guns, gather in groups after dark, only do certain jobs. Violence towards African Americans Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 Protects voting and equal protection Black codes

4. The Radical’s Plan The Reconstruction Act – South divided into 5 military districts – New constitutions – African American MEN could vote – Male citizens equal rights – Pass the 14 th Amendment (defines what a citizen is)

5. Impeaching the President Evidence found to impeach President Johnson – 2/3 needed to convict. One vote shy. – Acquitted – Power to follow through with Reconstruction is now in Congress’ hands. Impeach = to charge an elected official with a crime

6. African Americans and Reconstruction What should happen with the newly freed slaves? What do they need? Needed food, shelter, clothing, a way to earn a living, education. Freedmen’s Bureau Provided food, clothing, medical care, arranged for work, built schools Land Give former plantation land to freed slaves. Too radical did not happen. African Americans became sharecroppers. Signed contracts with white landowners to work for pay in return for a share of the crop – never out of debt.

7. Cycle of Poverty Top half Left side

8. New Amendments AmendmentPurposeDraw a picture 13 th AmendmentAbolish slavery 14 th AmendmentDefines citizenship 15 th AmendmentVoting rights bottom half Left side

9. No Votes for Women Women put aside their fight for the right to vote. Joined the fight to end slavery. Women expected the vote for their hard work It did not happen.

10. Left Side