Chapter 17 Reconstruction and the
New South
(1865-1896)
Section 1 Reconstruction Plans
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If you were President Lincoln, how would you have
treated the South after it lost the Civil War?
A. I would have punished the South severely.
B. I would have forgiven the states and
allowed them to rejoin the Union
immediately.
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Union but not given them representation in government for
a certain amount of time.
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How did plans to unify the nation
differ after the Civil War?
Reconstruction Debate
• The Union was saved
• Now the challenge was
reuniting and rebuilding
the country
• The Southern states
needed to be readmitted
• The Southern economy
and society also needed
to be rebuilt
• Americans disagreed on
how this should happen
• The period of rebuilding
is called Reconstruction
• Also refers to the various
plans for readmitting the
Southern states to the
Union
Lincoln’s Plan
• December 1863, during
the Civil War
• Lincoln 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 slavery
• Lincoln believed that
punishing the South
would serve no
purpose and would
only delay healing the
torn nation
Lincoln’s Plan Continued
• Lincoln offered amnesty
(a pardon)
• To all white Southerners
who were willing to
swear loyalty to the
Union
• Except Confederate
leaders
• 1864- 3 states under
Union occupation
(Louisiana, Arkansas,
and Tennessee) set up
governments under the
plan
• But the Congress
refused to seat the
states’ representatives
The Radicals’ Plan
• Some Republicans saw
Lincoln’s plan too forgiving
• They favored a more radical
approach and were called the
Radical Republicans
• Radical Republican Thaddeus
Stevens said that Southern
institutions “must be broken
up and relaid, or all our blood
and treasure have been spent
in vain”
• Congress was controlled by
the Radical Republicans and
voted to deny seats to
representatives from any state
that was readmitted under
Lincoln’s plan
Wade-Davis Bill
• July 1864- Congress passed
the Wade-Davis Bill
• To rejoin the Union, a state
had to meet several
requirements
• 1. A majority of the state’s
white males had to swear
loyalty to the Union
• 2. Only white 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 slavery
• The bill would also ban former
Confederates from holding
public office
Lincoln’s Response
• Lincoln refused to
sign the WadeDavis Bill
• But he wanted state
governments to
form quickly
• Lincoln wanted
order restored in
the South as soon
as possible
• Lincoln would have
to compromise with
the Radical
Republicans
Which of the following was a provision of the
Wade-Thomas Bill?
A. African American males in a state
had to swear loyalty to the Union.
B. Former Confederates could
not hold public office.
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Confederate states could be
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they kept slavery.
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Half of all delegates to a constitutional convention
had to be formerly enslaved people. D. D
The Freedmen’s Bureau
• March 1865- Lincoln and
Congress set up the
Freedmen’s Bureau
• The bureau helped
African Americans
adjust to freedom
• It provided food, clothing,
and medical services
• Also helped freed people
acquire land or find work
for fair wages
• Also set up schools and
gave aid to new African
American institutions of
higher learning
• Including Atlanta
University, Howard
University, and Fisk
University
April 14th, 1865
• President Lincoln
attended a play at Ford’s
Theatre in Washington,
D.C.
• John Wilkes Booth
entered the private box
and shot Lincoln in the
head
• Lincoln died hours later
• Vice President Andrew
Johnson became
president
• John soon revealed his
plan for Reconstruction
(Called- Restoration)
Restoration
• Johnson’s plan would grant
amnesty to most
Southerners once they
swore loyalty to the Union
• High-ranking Confederates
could be pardoned only by
appealing to the president
• This showed that Johnson
wanted to humiliate the
leaders who he believed had
tricked the South’s people
into seceding
• John said only loyal,
pardoned whites could vote
for delegates to the state
constitutional conventions
• John stated “white men
alone must manage the
South
• Johnson opposed equal
rights for African Americans
Restoration Continued
• States had to
denounce secession
and ban slavery before
reentering the Union
• States also had to ratify
the 13th amendment
(Abolished slavery in
the US)
• By the end of 1865 all
former confederate
states had new
governments and were
ready to rejoin the
Union
• Except Texas
What did the Thirteenth Amendment
accomplish?
A. It welcomed former Confederate
states back into the Union.
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How did plans to unify the nation differ after the
Civil War?
-Lincoln wanted to avoid punishing to promote healing,
so he offered amnesty to all white Southerners except
Confederate leaders
-Radical Republicans favored harsher measures that
would break up and rebuild the South’s institutions and
ban former Confederates from holding office
-Johnson wanted to pardon most Southerners but
humiliate Confederate leaders
Chapter 17 Section 1 Quiz
The period after the Civil War is
know as Rebuilding.
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The Ten Percent Plan required 10 percent of
the voters of a state to take an oath of
loyalty to the Confederacy.
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In 1864 the Union army occupied
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
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The Wade-Davis Bill countered
the Ten Percent Plan.
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Lincoln was assassinated while
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