Reconstruction

1866-1877, the period of readmitting former Confederate states to the Union and rebuilding the American South after the Civil War

• Colonial Era

• Manifest Destiny

• Reconstruction

• Civil Rights Movement

Reconstruction Plan which required 10% of voters in a state to pledge loyalty to the United States and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment before that state could rejoin the Union

• Lincoln's plan

• Johnson's plan

• Congress' plan (Radical Reconstruction)

• Wade Davis Bill

Reconstruction Plan which divided the South into 5 military districts, required each state to write a new constitution supporting the Fourteenth Amendment and had to give African American men the right to vote

• Lincoln's plan

• Johnson's plan

• Congress' plan (Radical Reconstruction)

• Wade Davis Bill

The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Sixteenth Amendment

Established by Congress in 1865, this legislation provided supplies, food, clothing, medical services, and access to public education for African Americans (freedmen) and poor whites after the Civil War

• Black Codes

• Enforcement Acts

• Freedman's Bureau

• Radical Reconstruction

The amendment that guarantees equal protection under the law, (it was passed to protect the rights stated in the Civil Rights Act of 1866)

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Sixteenth Amendment

The amendment that guarantees the right to vote to all men

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Sixteenth Amendment

Legislation that gave African Americans the same legal rights as whites. Vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, it was the first time Congress voted to override a presidential veto.

• Black Codes

• Enforcement Acts

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Compromise of 1877

How did southern states respond to the passage of Reconstruction policies?

• They passed Black Codes and elected former Confederates to Congress.

• They passed laws that protected African American rights and elected new officials.

• They used state militaries to protect white citizens through martial law.

• They seceded from the Union and created the Confederacy.

Why did Southern states pass Black Codes?

• to allow African Americans to rent property

• To limit the rights of African Americans

• to discourage African Americans from moving north

• to improve working conditions for African Americans