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Brian Haran December 7, 2008 Period 2 James Review Book Chapter 15 Reconstruction

It seems my Formatting didnt carry over from word perfect. sorry. 1) Reconstruction Plans of Lincoln and Johnson A) Lincoln’s Policies I) Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (1863) (1) Full presidential pardons granted to most southerners who pledged allegiance to the Union and accepted emancipation of slaves (2) Reestablishment of state government once 10 percent of voters in that state pledged loyalty II) Wade-Davis Bill (1864) (1) Passed by congress; Stricter than Proclamation (2) Fifty-percent of voters had to swear allegiance, no Confederates allowed to vote for a new state constitution (3) Lincoln refused to sign III) Freedmen’s Bureau (1) Early welfare agency - aided those made destitute by the war IV) Lincoln’s Last Speech (1) Encouraged northerners to accept Louisiana as a reconstructed state (2) Suggested that he was beginning to side with Radical Republicans B) Johnson and Reconstruction I) Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan was similar to Lincoln’s II) Eight months into his presidency, 11 ex-confederate states were ready to re-enter the Union and had ratified the thirteenth amendment in their state constitutions III) Southern states passed laws to discriminate against blacks, and situations weren’t much different from slavery C) Congressional Reconstruction I) Radical Republican Program (1) Civil Rights Act of 1866 - pronounced all blacks as U.S. citizens (2) Fourteenth Amendment - Declared all persons born in U.S. were Citizens - "Equal protection of the laws" for Citizens - Disqualified former Confederate Leaders & repudiated debts of Confederacy II) Report of the Joint Committee - Congress officially rejects Presidential Reform plan III) Reconstruction Acts of 1867 - Divided the South into areas controlled by Union Army D) Andrew Johnson is Impeached E) President Grant I) Fifteenth Amendment - right to vote can not be taken due to color. II) Civil Rights Act of 1875 - guaranteed accommodations in public places to all colors.

2) Reconstruction In the South A) Composition of Reconstruction Governments I) South Republicans <– Scalawags; Northern newcomers <– Carpetbaggers II) Some African American Legislators <– Landowners B) Republican Record I) Accomplishments 1) Liberalized State Constitutions in the South 2) Promoted infrastructure 3) Supported public schools for whites and blacks II) Failures I) Wasteful spending and corruption II) Issues were present in all parties C) Building Black Communities - Black Churches and schools D) Sharecropping - landowner provides seed for half of harvest 3) North During Reconstruction A) Greed and Corruption I) Rise of spoilsmen - Republican party was controlled by political manipulators II) Corruption In Business and Government B) The Election of 1872 I) Grant was re-elected in a landslide C) Panic of 1873 - caused by overspeculation I) Grant decided to side with stable money supply backed by gold 4) The End of Reconstruction A) White Supremacy & the KKK I) Invisible empire committed racial terrorism to prevent blacks voting B) Amnesty Act of 1872 I) General Amnesty and removed last restrictions on almost all ex-Confederates C) The Election of 1876 I) Republicans chose Hayes, Democrats chose Tilden II) Tilden won popular vote, Hayes won an iffy electoral vote and was elected III) Compromise of 1877 - pertaining to Election of 1876 1) Hayes became president it federal support for Republicans in the South was ended and the building of a Transcontinental railroad in the south was supported. 2) Troops withdrawn from South, Supreme Court began striking down Reconstruction laws

So What’s: 1. Purpose of Presidential Reconstruction Plan 2. What was the significance of the Black Code? 3. The Freedmen’s Bureau provided what? 4. Constitutional Reconstruction 5. Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 6. Election of 1868 7. Republican Reconstruction governments in the South 8. Status of African Americans at the end of the Reconstruction 9. The southern "redeemers" 10. The end of Congressional Reconstruction Questions: 1. Which is true about the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction? A. All persons born in the U.S. were citizens B. Disenfranchisement of Confederates with more than $20,000 in taxable property C. Immediately end federal support for Republicans in the South D. A state government could be reestablished with a 10% allegiance vote E. A state government could be reestablished with a 50% allegiance vote 2. Which law prohibited courts from excluding African Americans from juries? A. The Fourteenth Amendment B. Civil Rights Act of 1875 C. Amnesty Act of 1872 D. Civil Rights Act of 1866 E. Fifteenth Amendment 3. True/False : Many freedmen decided to migrate from the South to Kansas 4. True/False : The Compromise of 1877 allowed southern conservatives to vote for Democrats to retake control of state governments. 5. True/False : The Fourteenth Amendment disqualified former Confederate leaders from holding either state or federal offices.