Reconstruction rebuilding the south Abraham Lincoln Reconstruction plan

Reconstruction rebuilding the south

Abraham Lincoln • Reconstruction plan calling for reconciliation • Preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South

Robert E. Lee • Urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to continue to fight. • Became president of. Washington College, which is now known as. Washington and Lee University

Frederick Douglass • Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights • Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all

Civil Rights Amendments th 13 Amendment no one shall be a slave

Civil Rights Amendments th 14 Amendment all people born in the United States are citizens

Civil Rights Amendments th 15 Amendment all male citizens have the right to vote

Who was Jim Crow?

Jim Crow Laws laws that segregated people by race

Taking Away Black Civil Rights Black Codes black codes: laws that made blacks still feel like slaves

Taking Away Black Civil Rights Poll Tax Poll tax: money you had to pay to vote

Taking Away Black Civil Rights Literacy Test: reading and writing test you had to pass to be able to vote

Taking Away Black Civil Rights Grandfather Clause: if your father or grandfather voted in the 1866 or 1867 elections, you may vote too

Radical Republicans wanted to send military to th th south to enforce 14 and 15 amendments *supported by African. Americans!

carpetbaggers northerner who came south to help set up state governments

scalawag southerner who supported northern military coming to help enforce 14 th and 15 th amendments