Radical Reconstruction

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• Radical Reconstruction
• Objective Question Why was the Radical
  Republican plan for Reconstruction considered
  radical?

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Objective Question Which plan do you think
would be more likely to unite the country after
the Civil War?HW Read Ch. 12, Section 1.
Answer question 1, 2, and 4 on pg. 382 with
Cornell notes due Monday
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• Write a list of issues the country has to handle
  following the Civil War.

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Major questions following the Civil War

1. How to rebuild the South
2. How to bring Southern states back to the United
   States
3. How to bring former slaves into the United States
   as free people

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Re-building the South
The deaths on both sides were tremendous. After
4 years of war, could Northerners and Southerners
rebuild together? Could they become unified as
citizens of the same country?
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Consequences for Confederate States
Should people who fought against the United
States be allowed to become citizens? Should they
be punished? What should be done to Southern
state governments that fought against the U.S.?
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Freedmen
How would freed men and women be treated in the
Southern states? What do you think were some of
the major challenges faced by former slaves?
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Reconstruction Background

• Reconstruction 1865-1877, period following Civil
  War
• Andrew Johnson POTUS, Southern Democrat,
  sympathized w/ South
• Congress opposed Johnson
• many called Radical Republicans
• wanted extreme changes in society including
• punishing South for Civil War
• giving Freedmen equal rights.

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13th Amendment Dec. 1865 Abolished
slavery14th Amendment 1868 Citizenship15th
Amendment 1870 Voting
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Directions1.) Individually read the 1st excerpt
by Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican.2.)
Answer questions from his excerpt.3.) Do the
same for Andrew Johnsons speech. 4.) Write the
paragraph from the last directions on the back
of the packet.