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

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Johnson declared the U.S. was
restored after all southern states made new government, except Texas