![]() ![]() How would the issues that caused the Civil War be resolved? What would be the legal status of the freedmen (freed slaves)? How would the defeated southern states be dealt with after the war? And how would they reenter the Union? What would happen to Confederate military and government leaders?īegan by Lincoln and carried out by Andrew Johnson Reflected Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Called the Ten Percent Plan No revenge on former Confederates (Lincoln granted amnesty to them) An attempt to readmit the southern states as quickly as possible States would be admitted when 10% of the voters in 1860 took an oath of loyalty to the Union and accepted emancipation of the slavesĤ Radical Republicans Did not believe that the president should dictate reconstruction policies Believed that Congress should determine how the south would be readmitted Outraged by the black codes passed by the southern states after the war Wanted to keep the southern Democrats out of the nation as long as possible to keep their power in the Congressĥ Reconstruction Act of 1867 Forced the southern states to reapply for admission to the U.S. Presentation on theme: "Reconstruction The period of rebuilding the South and the United States following the Civil War."- Presentation transcript:ġ Reconstruction The period of rebuilding the South and the United States following the Civil War ![]()
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