radical reconstruction think back to the last section - what did johnson’s plan state? what did...
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Radical Reconstruction
Think Back to the last section -What did Johnson’s Plan state?What did southern states have
to do?
• Approve the 13th Amendment – banning slavery• Write new Constitutions• Hold elections
New Southern members of Congress
Northerners alarmed!
Southerners voted former leaders of the Confederacy!! Including the former VP of the
confederacy.(Alexander Hamilton Stephens from Georgia)
Southern Reaction, Northern Response
Ex-confederates elected to state and local offices
Serve on juries, own guns, gather in
groups after dark, only do certain jobs.
Violence towards African
Americans
Congress passes the Civil Rights
Act of 1866
Protects voting and equal protection
Black codes
The Radical’s Plan
• The Reconstruction Act– South divided into 5 military districts– New constitutions– African American MEN could vote– Male citizens equal rights– Pass the 14th Amendment (defines what a citizen is)
Impeaching the President• Evidence found to impeach President Johnson
– 2/3 needed to convict. One vote shy.– Acquitted– Power to follow through with Reconstruction is now in Congress’
hands.
Impeach = to charge an elected official with a crime
African Americans and Reconstruction
What should happen with the newly freed slaves? What do they need?
Needed food, shelter, clothing, a way to earn a living, education.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Provided food, clothing, medical care, arranged for work, built schools
Land
Give former plantation land to freed slaves. Too
radical did not happen.
African Americans became sharecroppers. Signed contracts with white landowners to work for pay in return for a share of the crop – never out of debt.
Cycle of Poverty Top half Left side
New AmendmentsAmendment Purpose Draw a picture
13th Amendment Abolish slavery
14th Amendment Defines citizenship
15th Amendment Voting rights
bottom halfLeft side
No Votes for Women
• Women put aside their fight for the right to vote.
• Joined the fight to end slavery.• Women expected the vote for their hard work• It did not happen.
Left Side