Civil War and Reconstruction Flashcards
Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan (10% plan)
Offers pardon; oath; agreement to federal policy. Does not pardon government, military; southerners that killed Union Soldiers. Permits southern states to create new state constitutions after 10% of voters swear allegiance. States can participate in elections with Union.
Wade- Davis Bill (July 1864)
Iron clad oath; never will go up against US again. Pocket Veto.
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Southerners swear allegiance to the Union; constitutional convention for each state; validate secession is wrong; abolish slavery; repudiate debt; hold elections/rejoin the union; no pardons for government or military officers.
Radical Reconstruction
South under military rule; southern states hold elections; black men qualified voters; southern states have equal rights; ratifies fourteenth amendment