Friday 3/9/18 agenda

3/9/2018

13th - abolish Slavery

14th - freed slaves are to become citizens with all of the rights

15th - right to vote cannot be denied by race, or stature if a citizen

Andrew Johnson- Reconstruction plan

-must elect new state gov’t, create new state constitution, cancel war debts and ratify 13th amendment.

Civil Rights Act of 1866- struck down “black codes”

14th made slaves citizens

Johnson vetoed both bills, Congress overrode the President and passed bills

Sharecropping: Farmers needed labor to grow crop, freed slaves need land and a way to make money. Eventually led to a legal form of slavery. Sharecropper would borrow money to buy supplies but never make enough money to pay of debt.

Worksheet due at the end of the period.