Reconstruction (apr 10, 1865 – jan 1, 1877)
Description:
KEY CHALLENGES1) how to reunify and reconcile?
2) how to rebuild the south?
3) how to integrate and protect freedmen?
4) what branch should control reconstruction?
5) what should happen to Confederate leaders?
RECONSTRUCTION PLANS
Wartime Reconstruction (Lincoln 1863)
- Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
- southern states may rejoin the Union once
10% of the state voters (from 1860 election)
pledge loyalty
- lenient policy
Wade-Davis Plan (Congress)
- required 50% of voters from 1860 election to
take "iron clad" oath of allegiance
- tougher plan
- never signed (pocket-vetoed)
Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 10, 1865
jan 1, 1877
~ 11 years