The document summarizes the political fight over Reconstruction between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress. After the Civil War, President Johnson allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union with lenient plans that did not protect the rights of freed slaves. In response, Southern states passed Black Codes limiting freedoms. The Radical Republicans passed the 14th and 15th Amendments to establish rights for African Americans and divided the South into military districts overseen by the North. When Johnson opposed these plans and fired the Secretary of War, Congress impeached Johnson though he was acquitted by one vote. The 1868 election was won by Ulysses S. Grant who supported the Radical Republican reconstruction plans.

1. CHAPTER 17:
Reconstruction
Section 2:
The Fight over Reconstruction

2. VOCABULARY
 Impeach: To bring charges against
a public official for wrongdoing

3. PRESIDENT JOHNSON
 Democrat & former
slaveholder
 Did not believe in
equal rights for blacks
 Wanted lenient
reconstruction
 Gave pardons to
wealthy Confederate
leaders

4. RECONSTRUCTION
OVER?
 Southern states
followed
lenient plan
 Johnson
admitted them
back in as
states
• Declared
reconstruction over

5. BLACK CODES
 Southern states passed Black Codes
• Laws that limited the freedom of
African Americans

6. BLACK CODES
 Could not own property or guns
 No voting rights
 If no job, could be arrested and
forced to work for no pay

7. “This is a white man’s government, and
intended for white men only.”
-Benjamin F. Perry (Governor of South Carolina)

8. THE RADICAL
REPUBLICANS
 Radical Republicans – Northern
members of Congress
• Wanted to redo Reconstruction
• Much stricter plan on the South

9. CONGRESS TAKES CONTROL
OF RECONSTRUCTION
 Radical Republicans pass two
Constitutional Amendments
• 14 th Amendment – Gave full
citizenship to African Americans

10. CONGRESS TAKES CONTROL
OF RECONSTRUCTION
• 15th Amendment – Gave voting
rights to African American men

11. CONGRESS TAKES CONTROL
OF RECONSTRUCTION
 Also pass new Reconstruction Acts
• Divided the South into 5 military
districts
• Each one controlled by a
Northern military commander
• States must support 14 th & 15th
Amendments to be readmitted

12. Radical Reconstruction Military Districts

13. JOHNSON DISAGREES WITH
RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION
 Johnson tried to veto the Radical
Reconstruction Acts
 Opposed the Amendments

14. THE PRESIDENT ON TRIAL
 Congress passed a law that forbid
the President from removing cabinet
officials without Senate approval
 Johnson then fired Sec. of War
Edwin Stanton
Ha ha, they can’t tell
You’re Darn
fired!
me what to do!

15. THE PRESIDENT ON TRIAL
 Congress voted to impeach
Johnson

16. THE PRESIDENT ON TRIAL
 Johnson then went to the Senate
for a trial
• 2/3rds vote would remove him
from office

17. The
Impeachment
Trial of
Andrew
Johnson
Oh
crap!

18. THE PRESIDENT ON TRIAL
 Johnson is saved by one single vote
Whew!
That was
close.

19. THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION OF 1868
 Johnson does
not run
 Republican
Ulysses S. Grant
wins
• He supports
Radical
Reconstruction