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This is a political cartoon of Andrew "Andy" Johnson and Abraham "Uncle Abe" Lincoln's plans for reconstruction. They're working together to "sew" or reinstate the South (ex-Confederate) with the North (Union).

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I believe that Reconstruction was a success. Lincoln and Johnson's plan was to reinstate the ex-Confederate states (South) into the Union, and that did happen. There were were other great things that happened such as ratifying the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.

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President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Petersen House on April 15, 1865 in Washington D.C. at the age of 56.
Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He was elected as President in 1861.
A memorial for Lincoln will be held on April 19, 1865. His body will then travel to Springfield, Illinois where he will be buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

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Its cotton-picking season, and we harvest from dusk to dawn. The cotton is growing well this year and the farmer says if we harvest more cotton, we might get might get $.75 instead of $.50.  With a slight increase, Christmas might not be so bad this year.

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African American Roles During Reconstruction

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African American Roles During Reconstruction

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Hiram Revels was the first African American senator. The Fifteenth Amendment states that "no US citizen can be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous servitude." Without the Fourteenth Amendment Hiram Revels wouldn't have be able to run for senator, and without the Fifteenth Amendment the African Americans wouldn't have been able to vote for Revels.

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The Radical Republicans passed the Military Reconstruction Act in 1867. The act divided the South into 5 military districts. The act applied to all ex-Confederate states in the South. Each state was required to ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments. It took away the equality of the Southern states, and Southern politicians argued that Congress had illegally passed the act due to the lack of representation of Southern states.

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Clothes, food, education, and job training were offered to freed slaves. The agency provided food and medical supplies for needy blacks and whites. More than 1,000 public schools were built in the South, as well as many black colleges.