Reconstruction

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Reconstruction

• Chapter 13

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After the Civil War

• The Civil War was the most costly war in American
  History in terms of total devastation.
• At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War,
  and some experts say the toll reached 700,000.
• These casualties exceed the nation's loss in all
  its other wars, from the Revolution through
  Vietnam.

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Amazing War Losses www.civilwarhome.com
/casualties.htm
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Lincolns Plan for Reconstruction

• Lincoln wanted to welcome back the southerners
  into the Union.
• Even though Lincoln had freed the slaves, he did
  not wish to achieve political equality for them.
• Goal was to bind up the nations wounds
• He never gets that chance

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One More Loss On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was
assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, in Ford's
Theatre, while watching the play "Our American
Cousin. America mourned the loss of the man who
upheld the Union. The funeral was seen my
millions.
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The Escape

• After Booth murdered the President he cried out
  Sic Semper Tyrannis from the stage, which in
  Latin means Thus ever for tyrants.
• Does that saying sound familiar to you?

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THUS EVER FOR TYRANTS
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President Johnson Impeachment

• After Lincoln was killed Andrew Johnson becomes
  President.
• Johnsons reconstruction plan is ridiculed by
  Radical Republicans as being too easy on the
  former Rebels.
• Johnson is Impeached and comes one vote from
  being removed from office.

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The Radical Republicans Plan
The Republicans, unlike Johnson, wanted to be
very hard on the rebellious southern states.
They organize the south up into 5 military
districts each controlled by a former Civil War
General.
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Carpetbaggers
Northerners who came south for economic reasons
after the Civil War.
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13th Amendment

• Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary
  servitude, except as a punishment for crime
  whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
  shall exist within the United States, or any
  place subject to their jurisdiction

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14th Amendment

• Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the
  United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
  thereof, are citizens of the United States and of
  the State wherein they reside. No State shall
  make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
  privileges or immunities of citizens of the
  United States nor shall any State deprive any
  person of life, liberty, or property, without due
  process of law nor deny to any person within its
  jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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15th Amendment

• Section 1. The right of citizens of the United
  States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by
  the United States or by any State on account of
  race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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Civil War and Reconstruction Links

• http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/reconstr
  uction_of_the_south/pages/resources.html