Reconstruction

1865-1877
WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH
CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH FIRMNESS IN
THE RIGHT

Read pages 479-489

Stop at Johnson Clashes with
Take notes as you read. Focus on topic headings.
Congress

Key Terms
Freedmens

10% plan

Wade-Davis
Black

Bureau
Bill

Codes

People to Know
Oliver

Howard

Andrew

Johnson

Study Guide
Answer the following from the first half of Chapter
22

1.

What were the four critical questions that

faced the U.S. during Reconstruction?

2.

What was the Freedmans Bureau

originally established to provide?

3.

What were the terms for Lincolns

original Reconstruction plan?

4.

What was the aim of the Black Codes?

Problems of Peace

Confederate
Economy
Agriculture

Leaders

Freedmen Define Freedom

Freedmens Bureau
Hit

and miss of the Emancipation

Proclamation
White Response
Black Response
Freedmen's Bureau

Freedmen Define Freedom and

Freedmens Bureau
Hit

and miss of the Emancipation

Proclamation
White Response
Black Response
Freedmen's Bureau

Johnson: The Tailor President

Presidential Reconstruction
10

Percent Pan
Wade-Davis Bill

Pocket Veto
The veto becomes effective when the President
fails to sign a bill after Congress has adjourned
and is unable to override the veto. The authority
of the pocket veto is derived from the
Constitution's Article I, section 7, the Congress
by their adjournment prevent its return, in which
case, it shall not be law.

The Baleful Black Codes

Black

Codes
Sharecropping

Congressional Reconstruction

Essay Question
Describe the responses of both
Whites and African Americans to
the end of slavery.

Read from Johnson Clashes to

the end of the chapter.
Take

notes as you read. Focus on section

headings.

Key

Terms

Congressional

election of 1866

Reconstruction
Ex

Act

parte Milligan

Scalawags
The

and Carpetbaggers

Ku Klux Klan

Sewards

Folly

Study Guide
Answer each of the following
questions
1.

The Reconstruction Act required all states to

give blacks the right to vote before
readmission. (True/False)

2.

What were the provisions of the 14th

Amendment?

3.

What did the 15th Amendment provide for?

4.

What was the long-term effect of the KKK.

5.

Why did the public eventually accept the

purchase of Alaska?

Johnson Clashes with Congress

Civil

Rights Bill: citizenship to

blacks, struck down Black Codes
Vetoed

by Pres. Johnson
Congress overrides veto
Makes measure permanent with
passage of 14th amendment.

Republican Principles and

Programs
Election

of 1866 results in vetoproof Congress

Sumner

in the Senate
Stevens in the House
Radical Republicans vs. Moderate
Republicans

Reconstruction by the Sword

Reconstruction
5

Act 1867

military districts with Union generals in

command
Ratify 14th amendment
Full suffrage for former adult male slaves

Reconstruction by the Sword

Reconstruction
5

Act 1867

military districts with Union generals in

command
Ratify 14th amendment
Full suffrage for former adult male slaves
Ex parte Milligan

Ex parte
A

judicial proceeding, order, or injunction

is said to be ex parte when it is taken or
granted at the instance and for the
benefit of one party only and without
notice to or contestation by, any person
adversely interested."

No Women Voters
Reconstruction

Amendments grant citizenship

and voting rights to blacks.
Nothing for women.

Ku Klux Klan

Impeachment and a Not-Guilty

Verdict
Essay
Explain why the radical Republicans
impeached Johnson but failed to
convict him.

Bottom 5 List
U.S. News and World Report
1.

James Buchanan

2.

Warren G. Harding

3.

Andrew Johnson (29 vetoes / 15 overridden

4.

Franklin Pierce

5.

Millard Fillmore

Purchase of Alaska
Barrier

between British and Russian

Territory
Secretary of State Seward / 1867 /
$7.2 million
Russia was a friend during Civil War

Essay Question
Explain the legacy of Reconstruction,
and assess its successes and failures.