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Warm-Up

Presidential Reconstruction

The End of War

The Civil War ended in

.

.

The war was very costly.

? More than

and hundreds of thousands of

? The

of Southern

, buildings,

, and bridges

The war cost over

.

Post¨CCivil War Concerns

About four million

persons were now freed.

? Where would they go?

The Union needed to be

? How would the South

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the Union?

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Questions for Reconstruction

How should the Southern

and

What should be done to

be rebuilt?

formerly enslaved persons?

How should states be

to the

What should the

?

be for

?

Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

? Describe

goals for

and the

he faced in

? Identify

.

plans for Reconstruction.

? Examine the impact of the creation of

throughout

the South.

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Words to Know

Fill in this table as you work through the lesson. You may also use the glossary to

help you.

Term

pocket veto

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Definition

an action that allows a

to die by

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Lesson

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Lincoln¡¯s Plan for Reconstruction

Lincoln¡¯s plan for Reconstruction was referred to as the

?

any state in which

.

of the population

to the Union

? Required states to

Lincoln hoped that some states would

immediately.

With

toward none, with

for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in,

to bind up the nation¡¯s

.

¡ªAbraham Lincoln,

Second inaugural address,

1865

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Republican Divide

The Republican Party split over how to approach Reconstruction in the South.

Republicans sided

Republicans believed

the South should be punished.

with Lincoln.

? Hoped for immediate

? Believed leniency would

encourage slavery to

continue

? Believed that too much

change would create more

? Tried to pass legislation to

make Reconstruction

on the South

The Wade-Davis Bill

Republicans passed the Wade¨CDavis Bill in 1864.

? Required

of a state¡¯s citizens to

to the Union

? Required states to give

the

? Placed Southern states under

?

many

from new state

governments

The bill went to Lincoln for signing.

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Lincoln¡¯s Pocket Veto

Lincoln pocket vetoed the Wade¨CDavis Bill.

? A pocket veto means

a bill to

by

it.

Lincoln believed that the South had

in the Union

against it.

His view made it

for states to

the Union.

The Assassination of Lincoln

On

, President Lincoln was assassinated.

? Did not have time to act on his plans for

Vice President

became president and oversaw

Reconstruction.

? Faced a choice: follow

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or create

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