What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s What were the “black codes”? Bureau? What was the second bill that Congress What happened to Johnson in 1868? wanted Johnson to sign into law? Radical Reconstruction After northern voters rejected Johnson's policies in the congressional elections in late 1866, Republicans in Congress took firm hold of Reconstruction in the South. The following March, again over Johnson's veto, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which temporarily divided the South into five military districts and outlined how governments based on universal (male) suffrage were to be organized. The law also required southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment, which broadened the definition of citizenship, granting "equal protection" of the Constitution to former slaves, before they could rejoin the Union. In February 1869, Congress approved the 15th Amendment (adopted in 1870), which guaranteed that a citizen's right to vote would not be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do What did southern states have to ratify in to the South? order to be admitted back into the Union? What does the 15th Amendment say? REMEMBERING THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS: (13th) abolished slavery and _____________ – set the slaves free (14th) ___________________ said former – slaves were citizens (15th) _____________ gave former (male) – slaves the right to vote
What were the “black codes”? What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau? What was the second bill that Congress wanted Johnson to sign into law? What happened to Johnson in 1868? Radical Reconstruction After northern voters rejected Johnson's policies in the congressional elections in late 1866, Republicans in Congress took firm hold of Reconstruction in the South. The following March, again over Johnson's veto, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which temporarily divided the South into five military districts and outlined how governments based on universal (male) suffrage were to be organized. The law also required southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment, which broadened the definition of citizenship, granting "equal protection" of the Constitution to former slaves, before they could rejoin the Union. In February 1869, Congress approved the 15th Amendment (adopted in 1870), which guaranteed that a citizen's right to vote would not be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do to the South? What did southern states have to ratify in order to be admitted back into the Union? What does the 15th Amendment say? REMEMBERING THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS: (13th) _____________ – abolished slavery and set the slaves free (14th) ___________________ – said former slaves were citizens (15th) _____________ – gave former (male) slaves the right to vote