Unit 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
Name: __________________________
Date:__________________
Topic 2: Reconstruction
With malice toward none, with charity for
all…let us bind up the nation’s wounds..
and achieve a just and lasting peace.
Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural
Address
Based on this quote, what do you think Lincoln’s
approach to reconstruction would have been?
What kinds of things were destroyed in
the war?
“We hold it to be the duty of the government
to inflict punishment on the rebels… The
whole fabric of southern society must be
changed.
Thaddeus Stevens, “Radical Republican”
leader of Congress
Based on this quote, what do you think the Radical
Republicans‘ approach to Reconstruction will be?
What problems did the nation have to solve?
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At the end of the war, there was no agreed-on plan for Reconstruction.
Pres. Lincoln and Congress each put plans forward, but nothing was approved.
 Lincoln’s Plan – ________________________ States had never really left the Union, so
let’s quickly restore loyal state govts in the South and move on!
 Congress’s Radical Republicans –___________________________ and guarantee rights
to former slaves
After Lincoln’s assassination, ________________________becomes President
 Johnson’s Plan let the South in quickly, but did not protect rights of ______________
The Black Codes:
Under Johnson’s plan, many former
Confederates were elected to state offices,
and Southern states enacted ___________
_________ to restrict the freedoms of freed
African-Americans.
How were African-Americans controlled in
the south?
Congress battles with President Johnson on
________________________– social, legal help for freed people and displaced whites
________________________– made racial discrimination illegal
Congress passes bills  Johnson __________them  Congress ______________the vetoes!
Congress passes the 14th Amendment -- guarantees legal equality & ______________
Johnson tries to defeat the 14th Amendment – but he fails!
Congress ____________________President Johnson, but does not remove him from office.
The Civil War Amendments-read the actual amendments on pages 168-170 and write in your own
words what the amendments accomplished:
13th:
14th:
15th:
What is the flaw (problem) in the 15th
Amendment?
Reconstruction Act of 1867: Radical Republicans in Congress make harsh rules for letting
Confederate states back into the Union. They also divide the South into ____________ districts,
putting the states under Northern military control to guarantee civil rights for blacks.
How do you think Southerners responded to having “yankee troops” watching over them?
During Reconstruction, three groups had political power in the South:
Carpetbaggers:
Scalawags:
Freedmen:
In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant is elected ____________________. These 3 groups also elect many
African-Americans to state office, and even to the US Senate.
__________________________ is the first African-American US Senator.
Who might oppose Reconstruction?
How did the “Redeemers” work against
Reconstruction?
“Redeemers”:
Why does support for Reconstruction end?
Northerners have moved on
 _________________________ in Grant’s administration
 __________________________: the Panic of 1973
 After the 15th Amendment, many think the work is done
 _____________________________weakens the new Amendments
The South regains control…
The END of Reconstruction: The _________________________ of _____________
No one clearly wins the 1876 Presidential election
Congress makes a ___________: Republicans get Rutherford B. Hayes as President if the
South gets:
 …gets federal troops _____________________ from the South
 …gets ___________ for rail, rebuilding, projects
 …gets to __________________themselves without Northerners: Home Rule
Southern States enact ________________ Laws that deny African-Americans civil rights for nearly
100 years (until the Civil Rights movements of the 1950’s and 60’s)
The North and Midwest industrialized, but the South would remain a backward,
agriculture-based economy and the poorest section of the nation for many decades.