ss amendment reconstruction plans

mrs. parker

amendment 13

abolished slavery (1865)

amendment 14

gave citizen ship to all people in the us and required state to treat all citizens equally (1868)

amendment 15

established that voting cannot be denied based on race (1870)

lincoln’s 10% plan 

easy on southerners he offered pardon to all supporters of the confederacy if they swore allegiance to the union and pledged to accept the end of slavery. When 10% of the men eligible to vote in 1860 did this the state qualified for reentry into the union.

New state constitutions had to out law slavery.

No protection for the formerly enslaves  

johnson 50% plan

harsh on southerners

proposed his plan after lincoln’s assassination and he ascended to presidency

amnesty to whites who signed loyalty oaths 

states must abolish slavery

stated must pay was debts

no role for freed blacks

no vote for african americans

jim crow laws

segregation in the south

legalized racial segregation

radical republicans

wanted to help blacks the most

promoted equal rights for formerly enslaved

military occupation of the south to oversee changes

voting rights for african american males

13,14,15 amendments

poll tax

a tax on every adult (had to pay this or could not vote)

literacy test

a test that you have to take to vote this shows if you can read or write.

Grandfather Clause

you did not have to follow new voting law if you father/grandfather ever voted before

Emancipation Proclamation

ended the institution of slavery

impact of 1 african american 

Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. This shows equality between races and carved a path for african americans everywhere.

Impeachment 

in the legislative branch house collects evidences votes

senate has trials votes

checks and balances

Freedmen’s Bureau

Gave out food, clothing, and medicine to people in need, especially former slaves called freedmen, and poor white refugees.

built hospitals and schools

helped freed people find there families

Sharecropping

like slavery but get payed(very little) 

they get ½ the crops if they do the right things  2/5 if not

if they get a horse by the owner they can''t work off the plantation if work needs to be done  1000 rails (logs) hauled 

plessy v ferguson

segregation is good if it is separate but equal

John Wilkes Booth

racist that killed lincoln