Warm Up: 2/24The following picture illustrates the Union’s
Military strategy .Why do you think this plan was nicknamed the
Anaconda Plan?
Anaconda Plan
Anaconda Plan- 3 part strategy used by
the Union to defeat Confederacy 1. Blockade Southern ports2. Move down the
Mississippi River and split the confederacy in 2
3. Capture the confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.
Reconstruction Lincoln’s Ten Percent
Plan Johnson’s Plan
Pardon all Confederates who swear allegiance to Union
Reunite country as quickly as possible
CriticismFar to lenient Included nothing about
ensuring rights and citizenship of blacks
States must swear allegiance to Union
Adopt 13th Amendment
CriticismIncluded nothing about
the needs of blacks Did not protect voting
rights, land rights, or equal protection under the law
Radical RepublicansGroup of Republican Senators who will control
ReconstructionFelt Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan was weak and
did not protect the rights of former slaves. RR sought to protect the rights of former slaves
by:Creating Military Districts- send US military to
protect and keep orderSouth will be divided into 7 districts
Passing the 14th AmendmentGuarantee “Due Process” and equal rightsFull citizenship for former slavesStates must adopt 14th amendment to be readmitted into
Union
Radical Republican Achievements
1. Freedmen’s Bureau Govt. agency- give food,
medical care, clothing Set up hospitals and
schools
2. 13th Amendment Abolish slavery
3. 14th Amendment Due process and equal
rights
4. 15th Amendment Universal male suffrage
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
ImpeachmentElected official breaks a law and can be
removed from officePresident Andrew Johnson
Impeached for violating the Tenure of Office ActTenure of Office Act- President can’t interfere with
Reconstruction efforts of Radical RepublicansImpeachment Trial
Johnson WILL NOT be impeached by one voteJohnson will not interfere again with Reconstruction
End of Reconstruction
End with the Election of 1876 and the Hayes-Tilden Compromise (Election ends in a draw)Hayes-Tilden Compromise
Republican Candidate Hayes wins presidencyRepublicans must withdraw the military from the
SouthSouth will no longer have military protection
Democrats will control states governments in the South
South After Reconstruction
SharecroppingMost former slaves
and poor whites will be sharecroppers
SharecroppingFarmers who must pay
rent for the land they use
Most are poor and barely able to get by
South After Reconstruction
Black CodesLaws passed by Southern
states to limit blacks from certain things (owning guns or testifying against whites)
Ku Klux KlanHate group formed to
intimidate blacks and prevent them from voting and enjoying new freedoms (13, 14, 15 amendments)
South After Reconstruction
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)- US Supreme Court case that ruled on segregation- said separate but equal was ConstitutionalDefend segregation and Jim
Crow laws in the South
Jim Crow- laws set up in South to segregate blacks and whites and provide separate facilities (restaurants, hospitals, schools, etc)