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Reconstruction Amendments
3a analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
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Amendment
Process- The 2/3 States Convention has never been used
- 27th Amendment is most recentRatified in 1992Proposed in 1789202 years 7 months 12 days
- 18th Amendment only amendment to be repealed by alater (21st) amendment
- First 10 Amendments =Bill of Rights
13th Amendment:
14th Amendment:
15th Amendment:
Fight over Reconstruction
Freedman’s Bureau:
Reconstruction Acts:
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Fight over Reconstruction
Black Codes:
Ten Percent Plan:
Civil Rights Act of 1875:
Fight over Reconstruction
Segregation:
Jim Crow Laws:
Fight over Reconstruction
January 31, 1865 Bans slavery in the United States and all of it’s
territories First mention of slavery in the Constitution Involuntary Servitude:
13th Amendment
June 13, 1866 Citizenship: Granted to all persons born or
naturalized in the United States Equal protection
of the laws
14th Amendment
February 26, 1869 Gave African Americans the right to vote Why would women be angry?
15th Amendment
RECONSTRUCTIONSOL .3bdescribing the impact of
Reconstruction policies on the South and North
Blanche Bruce Hiram Revels
Frederick Douglass
Issues Faced
Injured/homeless soldiers 20% of the South’s adult men were dead South was destroyed
Railroads, entire cities and towns had to be rebuilt
Factories and farmlands Freed slaves lacked money, land and
education Guaranteed rights? Confederate States return to Union? Ensure that another war wouldn’t happen
Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan
'with malice toward none and charity for all.'
Reconstruction:
Also rebuild the North’s attitude toward South South had to take oath to Union and accept
slavery’s end A.A. right to vote…
property ownership, literacy and military service for the Union
Set up state gov’t with 10% of voting pop. has taken oath New gov’t MUST abolish slavery
Presidential Reconstruction
President Andrew Johnson began HIS vision of reconstruction while Congress was on recess
Pardoned hundreds of Confederate generals and officers
Returned confiscated land to White Southern Elite States MUST agree to the 13th Amendment Declared Reconstruction over in 1865 How does this compare with Lincolns Plan???
Angry Southerners Respond
Terrorist Activities Ku Klux Klan White League – operated in the open Knights of the White Camelia
Mobs and riots in Memphis and New Orleans Left many A.A. dead
Radical Reconstruction
Congress divided the south into 5 military districts Forced states to accept the 14th Amendment Put Union troops in charge of voter registration Most laws were just ignored by whites in the south 15th Amendment
Also granted poor whites the vote Public Schools still segregated
Literacy rates did improve however
“The Great Emancipator” Literate blacks and African-American Union veterans
be given the right to vote Full pardon for and restoration of property to all
engaged in the rebellion with the exception of the highest Confederate officials and military leaders
10 percent of the eligible voters had taken an oath of allegiance to the United States
South was to enact plans to deal with the freed slaves so long as their freedom was not compromised
Abraham Lincoln legacy
Used his words and oratory skills to fight for
justice empower African Americans to develop their
own skills and to take responsibility for their actions.
He believed that people have the power to shape their own future.
Worked to improve civil rights for A.A. & women
His death Feb. 20, 1895, meant that he saw neither the integration of schools nor women's suffrage become law
Frederick Douglass legacy
General of the Army of Northern Virginia Revered for his honor, gifted general and
courageous Family did own slaves Became president of Washington & Lee
University Choose the wrong cause for which to fight
Robert E. Lee legacy
Abraham Lincoln - Frederick Douglass – Robert E. Lee Hiram Revels – first African American to serve
in U.S. Senate Blanche K. Bruce – first A.A. elected to a full
six-year term in U.S. Senate
Important People