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AM HIST 2 Class Note
AM HIST 2 Class Notes
Term | Definition |
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End of Reconstruction | 1877 |
Three types of Republicans | Radical Moderate Conservative |
Johnson’s Plan | Provisional governor for each state; Qualified voters elect members to a constitutional convention; State must revoke succession ordinances |
Abolish slavery | Ratify the 13th amendment; Promise to pay war debts; “Temporary” Presidential Reconstruction |
Three types of reconstruction | presidential congressional counter |
April 9,1865 | Civil War Ends |
Temporary presidential reconstruction | Johnson implemented his plan while congress was not in session; Offered no protection for freedom; Freedmen were treated like slaves; Very lenient in the south; How would this be remedied?; Very easy on the south. |
Effects of presidential reconstruction | Black codes; Laws written to prevent blacks from taking a place in white society; What was going to stop it? Enforce the law. |
Civil right act of 1866 | Created to combat the black codesl; Johnson vetoed bill; Congress overrode the veto with a 2/3 vote of congress; First time in us history a presidential veto was thrown out; Johnson’s credibility? |
14th amendment | Addressed issues of civil rights for African Americans; Outlawed the black codes; If southern states refuse to follow they risked loosing representation in congress; Problem: Who would enforce the law? |
End of Presidential Reconstruction | Johnson implemented plans while congress was in recess; When Congress resumed session: Implemented a new plan for reconstruction; Recall: Johnson had very little power |
Congressional Reconstruction (1867-1870) | Military Reconstruction Act;Divide the South into 5 military districts Mississippi district 4; Universal Male Suffrage (vote); Again Johnson tried be veto the law; Congress over-rode veto |
Reconstruction Acts | Secure Freemond's right to vote; Create Southern run by republican governments; set readmission standard that required the south to admit defeat |