The Reconstruction
Kortney Kirking
The Reconstruction Era
Civil Rights Amendments
- The 13th amendment was ratified in December of 1865. It was made to abolish slavery.
- The 14th amendment was ratified in 1868. It granted citizenship and equal protection to all freed men.
- The 15th amendment was ratified in 1870. It guaranteed all freed men to federal voting.
Plans
President Johnson's plan was called the 10% plus plan. He offered amnesty upon simple oath to all except confederate civil and military officers, and those with property worth over $20,000. He said in the new constitutions that they must accept minimum conditions. They must also abandon slavery, secession, and state debts. His plan was to also put governors in charge of watching over constitutional conventions.
Congress's plan was to grant citizenship and equal protection for all men (14th amendment). Also, they wanted all black men to be given the right to vote or the south would be punished.
The Southern States
This image shows the ten southern states that were not in the Union; Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Tennessee was known to be on its own and Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were known as the border states.
14th Amendment
This image shows what the 14th amendment brought into place. It granted citizenship and equal opportunities to all men.
13th Amendment
This images shows that the 13th amendment abolished slavery.
The Black Codes
African Americans Voting
This image shows African Americans getting the right to vote. The 15th amendment guaranteed that all freed men could vote, but with the reading tests only a small amount of African Americans could vote. Not a lot of them knew how to read or right.
Klu Klux Klan
This image shows the discrimination this group put towards African Americans. They wore robes, masks, and conical hats designed to hide their identities.
Sharecropping
This image shows how a lot of the African Americans still had to work as sharecroppers to make a living.
Discrimination Against African Americans
The End of the Reconstruction
The Affects of the Reconstruction Era
Works Cited
- "Google Images." Google Images. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. <http://images.google.com/>.
- Class Notes