BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EARLY RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

1. RECONSTRUCTION
EARLY STEPS TO REUNION

2. WHAT IS RECONSTRUCTION?
RECONSTRUCTION OR
REBUILDING THE
SOUTH WORRIED
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
HE WANTED THE
SOUTH TO REJOIN
THE UNION QUICKLY

3. EARLY STEPS TO
RECONSTRUCTION
LINCOLN HAD A TEN PERCENT
PLAN FOR
RECONSTRUCTION. A
SOUTHERN STATE COULD
FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT
AFTER 10 PERCENT OF ITS
VOTER SWORE AN OATH OF
LOYALTY TO THE UNITED
STATES.

4. RIVAL PROPOSAL
WADE-DAVIS BILL
ANOTHER PLAN FOR
RECONSTRUCTION.
REQUIRED EACH
SOUTHERN STATE TO
SWEAR LOYALTY TO THE
UNION. ALSO DENIED
THE RIGHT TO VOTE OR
HOLD OFFICE TO
ANYONE WHO HAD
CHOOSE TO FIGHT FOR
THE SOUTH.

5. THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
AN AGENCY TO HELP
FORMER ENSLAVED
PEOPLE. THE BUREAU
GAVE FOOD, CLOTHING
AND ALSO TRIED TO
HELP FIND JOBS FOR
FREEDMEN, GAVE
MEDICAL CARE AND
SET UP SCHOOLS FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS.

6. LINCOLN IS ASSASSINATED
ON APRIL 14, 1865
JOHN WILKES
BOOTH SHOOTS
AND KILLS
PRESIDENT
LINCOLN. LINCOLN
DIES THE NEXT
MORNING.

7. MAJOR CONSPIRACY REVEALED

8. NINE PEOPLE WERE
CHARGED WITH
THE CONSPIRACY
TO KILL PRESIDENT
LINCOLN AND HIS
STAFF. FOUR WERE
EXECUTED AND
FIVE WERE PLACED
IN JAILED

9. NEW PRESIDENT
ANDREW JOHNSON
BECOMES THE 17TH
PRESIDENT

10. 13TH AMENDMENT IS APPROVED

THE 13TH
AMENDMENT IS
APPROVED AND
BANNED SLAVERY
THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES.

11. QUESTIONS????
1. WHAT WAS RECONSTRUCTION?
2. WHAT WAS THE TEN PERCENT PLAN?
3. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU?

12. QUESTIONS???
4. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED WITH
THE PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND
HIS STAFF?
5. WHO BECAME THE 17TH PRESIDENT?
6. WHAT DID THE 13TH AMENDMENT CHANGE?