The Civil War Reconstruction

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan:

It was founded on Lincoln’s reconstruction plan. It consisted of forgiving leaders of the Confederate armies, soldiers and the southerners who took an oath of allegiance to the union. It affirmed that states would never have to abolish slavery or reject the confederate debt and gave the ability to the states to hold elections.

Black Codes

They were laws that restricted freedman rights . They controlled freedmen lives with a kind of virtual slavery. Those codes were curfews, laws, contracts, and land restrictions. The black people could only sleep on plantations. This lasted a year and those who would quit in the middle of the year would loose all their money.

14^th Amendment

This amendment was made in 1868. It guaranteed to all citizens of America equal protection. All Americans (born or naturalized in America) had the American citizenship and they were all part of the United States. No other state could deprive them

15th Amendment

This amendment was made in 1870. It stated that all male citizens of America would have the right to vote. This amendment applied to black men too only if they paid taxes and for the nation’s expansion. They also had to follow all the laws, and make an income by working in farms, mines and shops.

Radical Reconstruction

They were a small but affective group that were against the Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan. Their goal was to present their civil rights and prevent the black code’s expansion because they thought it was cruel.

Carpetbagger

It was the negative nickname given by the southerners to the north immigrants that settled south after the civil war.

Scalawag

It was the negative nickname for the southern white republicans after the civil war who supported the reconstruction.

After the civil war ..

CREATE A LIST O CHALLENGES THE NEWLY FREED SLAVES FACED

- They had to find new jobs

- They needed to find their families

- The needed money, clothes and shelters

- They had to get used to being free

- The traumatized slaves would still have to get used to the fact that they were now free and that no white people had the right to beat them or harm them. Anger and relief.

- They had to get an education

- The children would have to go to school and the adults would probably work in farms or railroads since they couldn’t read or write

- The had to look for help

- Racism, the white would blame the blacks.

WHY WAS THERE NEED FOR RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH

- Most of the war took place in the south and their was damage in the city.

- Most farms were in bad shape because when men went to war, women took care of them

WHAT WERE CHALLENGES WHITE PEOPLE FACED

- They had no more slaves to do the work

- The soldiers returned to their farms, most of them were not well taken care of

- They lost all the money they used to buy slaves

- Allot of farms were in dept

- The farmers were facing physical and economical difficulties

- Railroads were destroyed

- They needed reconstructions because they had no slaves to do all the work

- They needed recapitalization

- Mentally demoralized, they would come to their homes and find that nothing was there anymore. Their families would be killed and they would be psychologically demoralized.

- They would also be traumatized with the images