RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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it ended the reconstruction policy
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it made the reconstruction policy easier on the South
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it made reconstruction policy harder on the South
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it weakened reconstruction
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Detailed explanation-1: -His death gave the Radical Republicans more freedom to punish the south. And it put Andrew Johnson in charge who also wanted to punish the south and had a very bad relationship with the Congressmen. Without President Lincoln, the process of reconstruction took 12 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, which had signaled the effective end of the American Civil War. Lincoln’s death plunged much of the country into despair, and the search for Booth and his accomplices was the largest manhunt in American history to that date.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Lincoln’s death, President Johnson proceeded to reconstruct the former Confederate States while Congress was not in session in 1865. He pardoned all who would take an oath of allegiance, but required leaders and men of wealth to obtain special Presidential pardons.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did Lincoln’s assassination affect Reconstruction? Lincoln’s assassination enabled Radical Republicans to influence Reconstruction into much more harsh punishment on the former Confederate States.