RECONSTRUCTION PLANS Reconstruction Reconstruction period of rebuilding the

RECONSTRUCTION PLANS

Reconstruction • Reconstruction: period of rebuilding the South and readmitting Southern states into the Union • Many differing ideas revolved around how to readmit the Southern states, creating conflict

Lincoln’s Plan • President Lincoln developed a plan prior to the end of the war • Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan: Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction • 10 -percent of voters take an oath of loyalty • Create a new Constitution that banned slavery • Meant to bring in states quickly and allow healing to happen faster

Lincoln’s Attitude on Reconstruction • Lincoln did not want to punish the South • Punishment would not allow nation to heal • Southerners, aside from Confederate leaders, would be given amnesty (forgiven) if they took the oath

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to achieve and cherish a lasting peace among ourselves and with the world. to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with the world and all nations. ” 1. 2. What seems to be Lincoln’s goal for his second term? What may happen if others don’t agree with Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

Radical Republican Plan • Radical Republicans: Republicans in Congress who wanted harsh penalties to those who supported the Confederacy • Congressional Plan for Reconstruction: • Majority of white population must take oath • Only those who had not fought for the Confederacy could vote • All new Constitutions must ban slavery

Lincoln’s Assassination • Just six days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee, President Lincoln was shot and killed at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC • Lincoln’s death shocked the nation who was set to recover from a brutal war • His Vice President Andrew Johnson took over • From Tennessee • A Pro-Union Southerner during the war

Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan • New president Johnson had a plan of his own for reconstruction • Amnesty to any Southerner who took the oath • Even Confederate officials with pardon from President • Must outlaw slavery • Opposed equal rights for freed slaves