DEFINE

JOHNSON'S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN

This was made by Andrew Johnson and following up with Lincoln's Recondtruction Plan. It was

similar to Lincoln's plan only this one hasn't the 10 percent of voters in the state plan part 3.

BLACK CODED

These were laws that restricted freedmen's rights. They established laws for slavery such as 

Curfews- Generally black people could not get together after sunset.

Vagrancy laws- Freedmen convicted of vagrancy could be fined, whipped or sold.

Labor contracts- Freedmen had to sign agreements in January for a year of work.

Land restrictions- Freed people could rent land of homes only in rural areas. 

14TH & 15TH AMENDMENT

14th amendment stated that all people would be equal and the protection of laws. 15th

amendment stated that all citizens had the right to vote.

RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION

This was a group of people who didn't accept the Black codes and thought that they were too

cruel and sever for the blacks. They tried to prevent the expansion of the black codes.

CARPETBAGGER

This was the insulting nickname given to the Northern Republicans by the Southerners. They

were called such because they moved to the South after the Civil War ended.

SCALAWAGs

This was the nickname given to the White Southerner Republicans who would be seen as

traitors.

NEWSPAPER

TIMES NEWS PAPER

Civil War Focus

The Civil War was over and the soldiers were finally happy to join their families. Yet, arriving to their homes, the soldier's delight became sorrow and grief by seing all houses destroyed. The cause of their war was defeated and their homes were ruined. These losses caused atroce damages in the soldiers mind. Some might become mentally disabled while others might even suicide since what they lived for was dried away. Most soldiers would be confronted with traumatizing pictures in their heads of their co-soldiers murdered with blood all over their bodies. They would make dreadful nightmares and would be frightened by anything. Most of all, almost all would come back to nothing. They went fighting with the thought of coming back to their families in peace, but almost all came back to no one and nothing. Not only would they have lost families and homes but also jobs and livestocks. The war destroyed railroads, farm buildings, shipping industries, factories etc. On the other hand, some 4 million African American were freed. They were starting their new lives yet not so good as they thought. When being slaves, they were given food and shelter, however in this new life they found themselves homless, jobless and hungry. Each chose theyr'e own pathways either going and searching for new jobs or returning to their former masters and work on plantation freely. In the real world, former President Abrahim Lincoln sought a reconstruction plan. Altough the Civil War ended, there were still some oppositions. Such as a group of congressmen opposing to Lincoln's reconstruction plan. On April 14th, 1865, Abrahim Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth. This led to Andrew Johnson becoming President and continuing the Johnson's Reconstruction Plan. It consisted of 4 things to do:

1. Forgive Southerners. 

2. Permitted each state to hole a constitutional convention. 

3. States were required to void succesion, abolish slavery, and repudiate the Confederate debt.

4. States could then hold elections and rejoin the Union.

Lincoln's plan and Johnson's plan both consisted of forgiving the South and that states were able to hold elections and rejoin the Union.

This finalizes our Newspaper about the Civil War. Hopefully life will get better and the futur will be better than the past. 

Thank you for reading us, Best Regards Hanane Benkirane for Times News Paper. 

South vs. North Advantages

SOUTH

Southerners had lots of fertile land which made it easier to grow crops. Yet, all of this was worked by the slaves, therefore the Southerners didn't have much work to do. They also had a lot of military colleges. This is a great advantage because they were more trained than the Northerners. They also exported cotton to most countries thus adding to their economic advantage. Finally, the last advantage was that the civil war was fought in the South so they didn't have to waste energy traveling to fight.

NORTH

Northerners had more factories and industries which added to their economic growth. Most of them worked in factories which developed the production faster. They also had more military devices such as guns. Population also grew because there were more jobs offered to them therefore they would seize the opportunity and that added to its growth. With more people, the army grew bigger, which led more power to the North. 

Important Event of The Civil War

COMPROMISE OF 1850, and THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

30 years after the Missouri Compromise, another matter came up again. After the war with Mexico, US had acquired a vast territory which questioned to be enslaved or free. California, on the other hand has petitioned Congress to enter as a free state. Finally came Washington D.C, which allowed slavery and eventually had the largest slave market in North America. 

On January 29, 1850, memebers of Congress debated the compromise. After eight months they've come up with Territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Utah would be recognized as nonslavery. Washington would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. California would be addmitted as a free state. This brought the compromise of 1850 which included the Fugitive Slave Act. This stated that fugitives didn't have the right to go to trial and had to assist slaves. 

KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT

This act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. However, this lead to violence when people started to disagree and had pro-slavery and anti-slavery. President Franklin Pierce stoped this violence and once again pro-slavery won the the election with fraud. As a result, Kansas was not allowed to become a state.

ELECTION OF 1860

Slavery became a huge issue in the United States. Abrahim Lincoln was definitely against slavery. So, to protect the country, he tried running for presidenty. At first he failed, but after the second attempt he succeded and became the President of the United States of America in 1860. However this added more to the tensions between the North and South. This event is important because it led to the Civil War. By the help of Abrahim Lincoln, slaves were freed. 

Notes on the Movies

SLAVE RESISTANCE

The slaves used to work in fields. They were kidnapped from young age and sold to the slave markets for farmers. In 1831, Nat Turner was a literate slave. He led 30 slaves on a murderouse compagne and rebelled against 60 white people and murdered them each in their farms. The slaves had no weapons but stole some each time they were in farms. At the end of this murder, Nat Turner was hung and died. Slaves were meant to be unliterate and write because then they would learn that they have rights to freedom and would lead to rebellion. Hariette Tubman, a women who believed slaves should have freedom helped 300 slaves escape. Many southern governers and senate were helping slaves and were against helding them.