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Chapter 17 Reconstruction and the New South (1865-1896)Section 1 Reconstruction Plans
Reconstruction Debate
•The ______was saved
•Now the challenge was reuniting and ______the country
•The ______states needed to be readmitted
•The Southern ______and society also needed to be rebuilt
•Americans ______on how this should happen
•The period of rebuilding is called ______
•Also refers to the various plans for readmitting the Southern states to the Union
Lincoln’s Plan
•December 1863, during the ______War
•______introduced the Ten Percent Plan
•When 10% of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the state could form a new government
•And adopt a new constitution that banned ______
•Lincoln believed that ______the South would serve no purpose and would only delay healing the torn nation
Lincoln’s Plan Continued
•Lincoln offered ______(a pardon)
•To all ______Southerners who were willing to swear loyalty to the Union
•Except Confederate ______
•1864- 3 states under Union occupation (Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee) set up governments under the plan
•But the Congress refused to seat the states’ ______
The Radicals’ Plan
•Some Republicans saw Lincoln’s plan too ______
•They favored a more ______approach and were called the Radical Republicans
•Radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens said that Southern institutions “must be broken up and relaid, or all our ______and treasure have been spent in vain”
•Congress was controlled by the Radical Republicans and voted to ______seats to representatives from any state that was readmitted under Lincoln’s plan
Wade-Davis Bill
•July ______- Congress passed the Wade-Davis Bill
•To ______the Union, a state had to meet several requirements
•1. A majority of the state’s ______males had to swear loyalty to the Union
•2. Only ______males who swore they had not fought against the Union could vote for delegates to a state constitutional convention
•3. New state constitutions had to ban ______
•The bill would also ban former Confederates from holding ______office
Lincoln’s Response
•Lincoln______to sign the Wade-Davis Bill
•But he wanted state governments to form ______
•Lincoln wanted ______restored in the South as soon as possible
•Lincoln would have to ______with the Radical Republicans
The Freedmen’s Bureau
•March 1865- Lincoln and ______set up the Freedmen’s Bureau
•The bureau helped African Americans adjust to ______
•It provided ______, clothing, and medical services
•Also helped freed people acquire land or find ______for fair wages
•Also set up scho______ols and gave aid to new African American institutions of higher learning
•Including AtlantaUniversity, HowardUniversity, and FiskUniversity
April 14th, 1865
•President Lincoln attended a ______at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
•John Wilkes Booth entered the private box and ______Lincoln in the head
•Lincoln______hours later
•Vice President Andrew ______became president
•John soon revealed his plan for Reconstruction (Called- ______)
Restoration
•Johnson’s plan would grant ______to most Southerners once they swore loyalty to the Union
•High-ranking Confederates could be pardoned only by appealing to the ______
•This showed that Johnson wanted to ______the leaders who he believed had tricked the South’s people into seceding
•Johnson said only loyal, pardoned ______could vote for delegates to the state constitutional conventions
•Johnson stated “______men alone must manage the South
•Johnson ______equal rights for African Americans
Restoration Continued
•States had to denounce secession and ban ______before reentering the Union
•States also had to ratify the ______amendment (Abolished slavery in the US)
•By the end of 1865 all former confederate states had new governments and were ready to ______the Union
•Except ______
Essential Question
How did plans to unify the nation differ after the Civil War?
-Lincoln wanted to avoid ______to promote healing, so he offered amnesty to all ______Southerners except Confederate leaders
-Radical Republicans favored ______measures that would break up and rebuild the South’s institutions and ______former Confederates from holding office
-Johnson wanted to ______most Southerners but ______Confederate leaders