The process after the Civil War to rebuild the South and restore the southern states to the Union.

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1 The process after the Civil War to rebuild the South and restore the southern states to the Union

2 3 Plans Lincoln’s Plan Called 10% Plan All Southerners, except high ranking civil and military leaders, would be pardoned after taking an oath of allegiance to the U.S. State could form its own government and rejoin the Union after 10% of voters signed the oath

3 3 Plans Called Wade-Davis Plan Created in response to Northern desire to punish the South Congressional Plan Said the South should be treated like a conquered country Lincoln vetoed this plan

4 3 Plans After Lincoln was assassinated, Andrew Johnson became President Similar to Lincoln’s Plan Johnson’s Plan Requirements: 1.States had to approve the 13 th Ammendment 2.States had to nullify their ordinances on secession 3.States had to promise not to repay those who had financed the Confederacy

5 Reconstruction Ammendments 13 th Ammendment 13 th Ammendment made slavery illegal 14 th Ammendment 14 th Ammendment gave citizenship to the freedmen and gave all races equal protection of the law 15 th Ammendment 15 th Ammendment gave all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, and previous condition of servitude

6 Reconstruction Vocabulary Freedmen—newly freed slaves Carpetbaggers—Northerners who came South to benefit from the Reconstruction Scalawags—Southerners who supported the Republicans and Reconstruction officials Credit—ability to buy something now and pay for it later Disenfranchisement—taking voting rights away from a group Black Codes—laws passed by Southerners to restrict the rights of the freedmen Suffrage—right to vote

7 Freedmen’s Bureau Created to help former slaves and poor whites with everyday problems Gave them clothing, food, and other supplies (40 acres and a mule) Headed by former Union General O.O. Howard

8 Education Freedmen’s Bureau created schools (primary and industrial schools and teacher-training centers to train African- American teachers) Northern Missionaries sent money and teachers to help Georgia’s Atlanta University Morehouse College Clark College

9 African-Americans in Politics 1867—African-Americans voted for the first time in Georgia Elected a Republican governor (did not have another Republican governor until Sonny Perdue) Helped elect 32 African-Americans to the Georgia General Assembly Union League—political organization created for African-American voters

10 African-Americans in Politics Henry McNeal Turner was one of the newly elected General Assemblymen African-Americans were only in office for about a year Southerners claimed that they had the Constitutional right to vote but not to hold office

11 Ku Klux Klan One of several secret organizations created to prevent freedmen from exercising their new civil rights Wore hoods and robes and terrorized and intimidated freedmen, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers Main goal was to return control of the Southern government to the Democrats Prevented the mostly Republican freedmen from voting

12 Georgia Act of 1869 Put Georgia back under martial law(military control) to decrease the activities of the KKK