Plan Military governor Establish civilian government when 10
Plan • Military governor • Establish civilian government when 10% of voters from 1860 election take oath of allegiance to union • Presidential pardons to most Confederate leaders View of South: Restoration of rebellious members
• Military governor • Establish civilian government when 51% of voters* from 1860 election take oath of allegiance to union • Disfranchisement of former Confederate leaders • No political office former Confederate leaders Thaddeus. St evens Charles. S umner • Abolition of slavery • Repudiation of Confederate war debt
• Military governor • Establish civilian government when 10% of voters from 1860 election take oath of allegiance to union Took his plan to the people: big political blunder! • Presidential pardons to most Confederate leaders unless had at least $20, 000 in cash and property – apply for a special pardon
13 th 14 th 15 th Abolish Slavery Granted blacks full citizenship and guaranteed due process of law Black Suffrage
• Divided the ten Confederate states into five military districts. • Each district was headed by a military governor appointed by the President. • Federal troops occupied South as police force • Write a new state constitution and put provision to provide universal male suffrage regardless of color. • Ratify the 14 th and 15 th Amendment.
Prohibited blacks • from voting • From holding office • serving on juries
“… a man with a problem before him of which he does not understand the terms. ”
Fisk – Gould Plan
Whiskey Ring
Tammany Hall William “Boss” Tweed $1000. 00 $3 m $11 m
Thomas Nast
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