Reconstruction
Damaged South
Lost war
North's motivation to end
slavery won over South
Cities, Towns, &
Farms ruined
Task
Faced Starvation
High food prices and crop
failures caused starvation
Money worthless
banks failed, merchants went
bankrupt after no one could pay their debts
Lincolns Plan
Wanted to reunited the nation
as soon as possible
Task
Ten Percent Plan
offered southerners amnesty, or
official pardon
Louisiana elected new state
legislature under plan
Others followed Louisiana
back into the country
Thirteenth Amendment
Slavery ENDS
Made slavery illegal
Freedmen's Bureau
agency providing relief for freedpeople
and certain poor people in the South
40 Ares to Farm
former slaves wanted own land
and there was small fight for it. Land
stayed with original owners.
President Johnson's Plan
New President
After Lincolns tragic death, it was
up to Johnson to reunite the nation.
New State Government
Johnson offered mild program
for setting up new southern state governments
End of 1865
Johnson declared the U.S. was
restored after all southern states made new government, except Texas