RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union
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a proposal to repeal the Emancipation Proclamation
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reduction of the army and the navy to prewar levels
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congressional efforts to pay the Confederate war debt
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Johnson quickly disappointed Radical Republicans when he rejected their idea that the federal government could provide voting rights for freed slaves. The initial disagreements between the president and the Radical Republicans over how best to deal with the defeated South set the stage for further conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Radical Republicans in Congress were angered by Johnson’s actions. They refused to allow Southern representatives and senators to take their seats in Congress. In 1866, the Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill, which granted African Americans equal protection under the law with whites.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a result of the tension between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans, Congress voted to impeach President Johnson. Johnson declared he would stop vetoing bills.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the years immediately following the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson clashed repeatedly with the Republican-controlled Congress over reconstruction of the defeated South. Johnson vetoed legislation that Congress passed to protect the rights of those who had been freed from slavery.
Detailed explanation-5: -Reconstruction: The rebuilding of the Union after the Civil War until 1877. Both President Lincoln and Johnson favored a lenient approach, while Radical Republicans (Thaddeus Stevens) argued that the South should be punished. Both Lincoln and Johnson supported lenient plans for Reconstruction.