Plans for Reconstruction

The South was devastated and needed rebuilding.

4 million enslaved people were freed and needed support.

The Union had to decide how Southern states would rejoin.

The North wanted to expand westward.

To punish the South harshly for seceding

To quickly reunify the nation with lenient terms

To give full rights to freedmen immediately

To divide the South into military districts

Protected African Americans more

Quick healing and less bitterness

Allowed Black Codes

Reunited states quickly