Real Reconstruction

  • Phase 1 Lincoln's 10%

    Phase 1 Lincoln's 10%
    this stated that southern states could be readmitted into the union once 10 percent of their voters swore an oath of allegiance to the union Was Lincoln trying to reconstruct the US
  • Phase 1 Wade-Davis Bill

    Phase 1 Wade-Davis Bill
    this stated that 50 percent of a state’s white males must take an oath of loyalty to be readmitted to the union. The states were required to give back black voting rights This was a bill trying to get the US back united
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    Reconstruction

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    Phase 1

    Lincoln's belief for Reconstruction
  • Phase 1 Special Field Order 15

    Phase 1 Special Field Order 15
    were military orders given by General William Tecumseh Sherman that provided the confiscation of 400k acres of land along the Atlantic coast of south Carolina Georgia, and Florida and the dividing of it into parcels. Settled around 18k former slave families and other blacks. This was to help the black population from the slavery they had endured
  • Phase 1 Lincoln’s blueprint for reconstruction

    Phase 1 Lincoln’s blueprint for reconstruction
    Included the Ten-Percent plan, and wanted the south to be back into the Union. This was a blue print was to get the US back United
  • Phase 1 Lincoln's assassination

    Phase 1 Lincoln's assassination
    this was when president Lincoln was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth, while they were at a play named American Cousin that was being played at the Ford’s Theater in DC. This was a response to Lincoln's slave right's ideas.
  • Phase 2 Presidential Plan (Johnson)

    Phase 2 Presidential Plan (Johnson)
    President Andrew Johnson made this and it gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom offered no role to blacks in the politics of the South This was an offer that was trying to get the South back
  • Phase 2 Freemen's Bureau

    Phase 2 Freemen's Bureau
    established by congress to help former slaves and poor whites in the aftermath of the civil war This was a response to the South still having slaves
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    Phase 2

    Presidential Reconstruction Andrew Johnson
  • Phase 2 Civil Rights Bill of 1866

    Phase 2 Civil Rights Bill of 1866
    this was passed by congress that declared all persons born in the US were now citizens, no matter race or previous condition This was made to stop the South's pro slave ideas, a large step for black rights
  • Phase 2 Radical Republicans

    Phase 2 Radical Republicans
    these were a faction of American politicians that were around through to the end of Reconstruction, wanted to stop the confederacy from gaining power This was a response to the South trying to leave the US
  • Phase 2 Black Codes

    Phase 2 Black Codes
    these were passed laws in the South after the civil war restricting black people’s freedom, making them work in labor that has low wages These were in response to the pro slave politics in most of the US
  • Phase 2 Military Reconstruction act (congressional)

    Phase 2 Military Reconstruction act (congressional)
    this was when the south divided into five military districts
  • Phase 2 Klu Klux Klan

    Phase 2 Klu Klux Klan
    This was a group of extremists that hated people of color and religion a response to the anti slave movements, this group was primarily in the south
  • Phase 3 Reconstruction Act

    Phase 3 Reconstruction Act
    This was a process for readmitting the south states into the Union
  • Phase 2 The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

    Phase 2 The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
    this was when the house of representatives resolved to impeach the president This was an idea that was made popularized because of Johnson's ideas
  • Phase 3 13th – 15th Amendments

    Phase 3 13th – 15th Amendments
    these were rights for black people and making it so that slavery was illegal These made it so the enslavement of peoples would be against the amendments. These were a big step in the black right's movement
  • Phase 3 “Great Constitutional Revolution” concept introduced by Carl Schurz

    Phase 3 “Great Constitutional Revolution” concept introduced by Carl Schurz
    these were over the new stated amendments giving all people freedom of well being. This idea came from the immoral treatment of the black population
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    Phase 3

    Congressional/Military Reconstruction
  • Phase 3 ShareCropping

    Phase 3 ShareCropping
    This was when a landowner would give up part of his land so a person could grow plants and in return give a portion to the land owner. These were a response to the lack of jobs for the blacks
  • Phase 3 Enforcement Acts

    Phase 3 Enforcement Acts
    these were 3 bills passed by the Us congress that allowed African Americans the right to vote, hold office, and to serve on juries. ANTI KKK These were a response to the KKK gaining power
  • Phase 3 Slaughterhouse Cases

    Phase 3 Slaughterhouse Cases
    these were legal disputes that resulted in limiting the protection of the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution These were a response to the newly added amendments that were controversial at the time
  • Phase 3 Scalawags

    Phase 3 Scalawags
    these were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction and the republican party, more of a slur In context this was given to people to disrespect them, this may have made people not go into the Republican party
  • Phase 3 Civil Rights Act of 1875

    Phase 3 Civil Rights Act of 1875
    this was a US federal law that was in use to protect all citizens legal rights In context from the time it was to respond to the South's pro slave/racist views
  • Phase 3 Bargain of 1877

    Phase 3 Bargain of 1877
    this was an unwritten deal that resulted in the Federal Government putting the last troops out of the South. This was a response to what the South was doing