Reconstruction after the Civil War

Reconstruction after the Civil War - Transcript

Reconstruction
Chapter 13

After the Civil War
• The Civil War was the most costly war in American
History in terms of total devastation.
• At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War,
and some experts say the toll reached 700,000.
• These casualties exceed the nation's loss in all its
other wars, from the Revolution through Vietnam.

Amazing War Losses
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Battle Sickness
North
South
Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction
• Lincoln wanted to welcome
back the southerners into
the Union.
• Even though Lincoln had
freed the slaves, he did not
wish to achieve political
equality for them.
• Goal was “to bind up the
nations wounds…”
• He never gets that chance…
One More Loss: On April 14, 1865,
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes
Booth, in Ford's Theatre, while watching the
play "Our American Cousin.” America
mourned the loss of the man who upheld the
Union. The funeral was seen my millions.

The Escape:
• After Booth murdered the
President he cried out Sic
Semper Tyrannis from the
stage, which in Latin
means “Thus ever for
tyrants.
• Does that saying sound
familiar to you?
“THUS EVER FOR TYRANTS”
President Johnson: Impeachment
• After Lincoln was killed
Andrew Johnson becomes
President.
• Johnson’s reconstruction plan
is ridiculed by Radical
Republicans as being too easy
on the former Rebels.
• Johnson is Impeached and
comes one vote from being
removed from office.
The Radical Republicans Plan
The Republicans, unlike Johnson, wanted to be very hard
on the rebellious southern states. They organize the south
up into 5 military districts each controlled by a former
Civil War General.
Carpetbaggers:
Northerners who came south for
economic reasons after the Civil War.
13th Amendment
• Section 1. Neither
slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a
punishment for crime
whereof the party shall
have been duly
convicted, shall exist
within the United States,
or any place subject to
their jurisdiction
14th Amendment
• Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United States and of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall
any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.
15th Amendment
• Section 1. The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
Civil War and Reconstruction
Links
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