RECONSTRUCTION
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- Reconstruction1865-1877
- ANDREW JOHNSON
- April 1865 - considered best man for the job
- Democrat with his own ideas
- May 186 - Launched Presidential reconstruction
- Aimed to act quickly to bring the south into political mainstream
- Announced all southerners (except confederate soldiers and rich plantation owners, would be pardoned it they swore an oath
- The shortcut did not work out and gained opposition from Republicans
- New state governments - Men elected to represent southern states = mostly ex-confederates
- Back-tracked on the question of rights for African-Americans = Black Codes
- BLACK CODES
- Replace old slave codes, had basic rights - marry, own property
- Harsh limits: segregation, interracial marriages, testify in court against whites
- BLACK CODES
- Back-tracked on the question of rights for African-Americans = Black Codes
- Johnson: undermined status of black people
- BLACK CODES
- Replace old slave codes, had basic rights - marry, own property
- Harsh limits: segregation, interracial marriages, testify in court against whites
- BLACK CODES
- Johnson: allowed "old gang" of confed leaders creep back in to politics
- New state governments - Men elected to represent southern states = mostly ex-confederates
- The shortcut did not work out and gained opposition from Republicans
- CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
- Congress: dominated by angry republicans
- The shortcut did not work out and gained opposition from Republicans
- New state governments - Men elected to represent southern states = mostly ex-confederates
- Back-tracked on the question of rights for African-Americans = Black Codes
- Back-tracked on the question of rights for African-Americans = Black Codes
- Johnson: undermined status of black people
- Johnson: allowed "old gang" of confed leaders creep back in to politics
- New state governments - Men elected to represent southern states = mostly ex-confederates
- Dec 1865 - Johnson = Collision course with congress
- Johnson's Vetos
- Feb 1866 -Renewal of Freemans bureau
- Civil Rights act of 1866
- July 1866 - Another Freemans Bureau
- Johnson's Vetos
- wipe out black codes, remover former confederates from power
- The shortcut did not work out and gained opposition from Republicans
- Successes of CONGRESS
- 13th amendment
- Abolishment of Slavery
- 15th amendment
- Voting no matter race
- 14th amendment
- Equal citizenship
- 13th amendment
- Opposition
- Andrew Johnson
- Johnson's Vetos
- Feb 1866 -Renewal of Freemans bureau
- Civil Rights act of 1866
- July 1866 - Another Freemans Bureau
- Johnson's Vetos
- Hostile Reaction from South
- White racial "brotherhood" - KKK
- Influenced Race Riots in Southern cities
- White racial "brotherhood" - KKK
- Andrew Johnson
- Congress: dominated by angry republicans
- AN ERA OF REBUILDING THE NATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
- Radical
- Congression
- Presidential
- IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON
- Johnson's obstructionosist (delaying) tatics lead to the Tenure of Office Act 1867
- Johnson broke this by trying to dismiss Edwin Stanton - 1868
- Led to Thaddeus starting the process of impechment
- Johnson broke this by trying to dismiss Edwin Stanton - 1868
- It was almost certain Johnson would be convicted
- Many republicans began to hesitate
- Did not want to take extreme step towards a president who had been lawfully appointed
- Johnson saved by one vote
- Many republicans began to hesitate
- Johnson's obstructionosist (delaying) tatics lead to the Tenure of Office Act 1867
- RADICAL RECONSTRICTION
- Policies
- 15th Ammendment
- 3 enforcement acts
- Equal rights for African-Americans
- Limit discrimation
- Target "White terror"
- Opposition
- Extreme Opposition
- White terrorists
- Violence and intimidation
- White terrorists
- Political Opposition
- Southern state legislatures
- Electoral fraud
- Southern state legislatures
- Extreme Opposition
- Failures
- Redeemers
- Democratic Party
- gained confidence and democrat control restored in southern states
- Democratic Party
- Weak positions
- many not in a strong political position to carry through policies that were unpopular
- Grants position had weakened after election in 1872 due to economic depression
- Redeemers
- Election of 1868
- Republican Campaign: Ulysses Grant
- Focused on radical reconstruction
- Rightng votes for African Americans in the South
- Republican Campaign: Ulysses Grant
- Policies
- ANDREW JOHNSON
- AN ERA OF REBUILDING THE NATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
- Radical
- Congression
- Presidential
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