Warm Up

What was the Battle of Vicksburg fought

over?
What made Stonewall Jackson such a good
general?
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg fought?

Today in History

November 17th, 1883

RR establishes 1st time zones in North
America
RR gaining power

Reconstruction

Lincoln Assassinated
April 14, 1865
Fords Theater
John Wilkes
Booth- Conf.
sympathizer
Conspiracy:
VP escaped
unharmed
Secretary
of State stabbed, recovers
New president: Andrew Johnson

Presidential Reconstruction
Sympathetic approach
Southern states:

Pardoned if swore
allegiance
Hold conventions to
set up state govts
Ratify 13th Amendment

Radical Republicans
Tougher

approach
Southern states:
Under military rule
Guarantee equal
rights to blacks
Allow blacks to vote
Old Confederacy
supporters
couldnt vote
Ratify 14th Amendment

Presidential Reconstruction

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13

Amendment

Abolishes

slavery
in all states
Section 1. Neither
slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a
punishment for crime
where of the party
should have been duly
convicted, shall exist within
the US, or any place subject
to their jurisdiction.

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14
Everyone

Amendment

born in
America is a citizen
Citizenship to
freed slaves
No one can be
deprived of life,
liberty, property
Equality Clause
Everyone equal under the law
President Johnson opposes it

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15

Amendment

No

citizen can
be denied the
right to vote
Section1. The right
of citizens of the
U.S. to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the US or by any
state on account of race, color, or previous
conditions of servitude.

Reconstruction Act (1867)

Southern states:
Under
military districts
Not readmitted
till they ratified 14th
Black citizens must
get right to vote
Former Conf. officials
couldnt run for office
Johnson VETOS it
Congress OVERRIDE veto

Johnson Impeachment
Johnson

tried to
fire War Secretary
(Radical
Republican)
Violated law on
firing govt
officials
Impeached (charged with
misconduct) by House
Escaped removal from office in
Senate by one vote

Answer the following reading

questions:
1.Did African American activists support
President Andrew Johnson? Why do you
think they felt this way?

How did the 15th amendment led to over

265 African Americans getting elected to
office during the 1870s? Write at least one
sentence.

2.What is a scalawags?
3.Who was Hiram Revels and Blanche
Bruce?
***Must Answer All***
The slave went free, stood a brief
moment in the sun; then moved back to
slavery. WEB Du Bois

Write a verse to a song/rap that describes

Reconstruction. This must include at least
3 facts you have learned.

Based on this article try to explain this

quote from WEB Du Bois

-OR-

-ORIn your own words, explain the difference

between Radical and Presidential
Reconstruction. Minimum 2 sentences.

Draw a cartoon that depicts

Reconstruction. The picture should
represents a minimum of 3 facts you have
learned.