RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT LINCOLNS LEGACY
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Question
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All people were given the right to vote regardless of race or gender
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Union loyalists continued to punish rebel leaders and control the state
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Former Confederates were able to regain control of the state legislature
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Former Confederates were pardoned but were not allowed to participate in politics.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which occurred in La as a result of Johnson’s lenient Reconstruction policies? Former Confederates were able to regain their property and reenter politics. They were able to retake control of the state legislature.
Detailed explanation-2: -It extended voting and other civil rights to black males, established an integrated, free public school system, and guaranteed blacks equal access to public accommodations. The 1868 constitution was also the first one in Louisiana to provide a formal bill of rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -May: President Johnson announces his plan of Presidential Reconstruction. It calls for general amnesty and restoration of property–except for slaves–to all Southerners who will swear loyalty to the Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.