Unit 10 Reconstruction Flashcards
What was Abraham Lincolns plan for the reconstruction?
allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people.
Who were the Key people?
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant, along with figures like Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, and African Americans like Frederick Douglass, Hiram Revels, and Blanche Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant, along with figures like Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, and African Americans like Frederick Douglass, Hiram Revels, and Blanche Bruce
13th amendment
All slaves would be free
14th amendment
Former slaves should be all treated equally
15th amendment
Former slaves (men) have the right to vote
Andrew Johnson’s plan?
Required states to end slavery by passing 13th amendment, declaring that secession (to leave the Union) was illegal and cancelling all war debts.