Honors U.S. History
Noteguide - Johnson's Reconstruction Plan and the Congressional Reconstruction Plan
APAN pp. 446-453
Be able to tell a STORY – how are the events below connected (e.g., actions and reactions, power
gained & lost)? You should know the key players – i.e., who had the POWER & WHY, what were
their goals, what actions did they take, what effect did their actions have, how did others react, etc.?
You MUST know the chronology of events -- so INCLUDE ALL DATES. (IMPORTANT: use
these guidelines for all of Chapter 16 – not only this particular homework assignment.)
The assigned pages discuss the first two stages of Reconstruction: Presidential and Congressional – be
sure these are clearly represented in your notes. Consider taking notes as a detailed annotated timeline.
Find a way to show how actions were connected (e.g., indenting, grouping topics together, including
arrows to show connections, etc.). Take notes on separate paper.
Be sure to include the following terms in your notes (i.e., do not only define terms; put them together
in a story, per the directions above).
Lincoln’s “10 percent plan”
Wade-Davis bill
Andrew Johnson
Congressional recess
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
1865 amnesty conditions
Southern states new constitutions
Southern state congressional delegations
Black codes
Congressional reactions to Johnson’s plan and to the
Southern states congressional delegations (Dec. 1865)
Thaddeus Stevens and the Radical Republicans
1866 Congressional elections: strategy & outcome
1866 Freedmen’s Bureau bill
1866 Civil Rights Act
13th Amendment
Johnson’s response to the 1866 bills
1866 Congressional response to Johnson
Memphis and New Orleans violence
14th Amendment
Suffrage
1867 Reconstruction Acts
Impeachment trial
15th Amendment (note there is more info
later in chapter – see index)
Example of the relationship of events (although you still need to add the detailed evidence from
APAN).
Southern State Congressional delegations
black codes:
Response to Southern Congressional Delegations
(Dec 1865):
1866 Civil Rights Act and Freedman's Bureau Bill:
Johnson's response to 1866 bills:
Congressional response to Johnson's veto: