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- 18th Amendment only amendment to be repealed by alater (21st) amendment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