RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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it did not require the 14th and 15th amendments
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it was much easier on the south
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it required only 10% to swear loyalty
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It was much harsher on the south
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Detailed explanation-1: -The northern Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction looked to overturn Southern society and specifically aimed at ending the plantation system. President Johnson quickly disappointed Radical Republicans when he rejected their idea that the federal government could provide voting rights for freed slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for slavery and the war itself. Both Lincoln and Johnson wanted the southern states to be brought back into the Union quickly, using less punitive measures.
Detailed explanation-3: -Presidential Reconstruction, from 1865 to 1867, required little of the former Confederate states and leaders. Radical Reconstruction attempted to give African Americans full equality.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pres. Andrew Johnson indicated that he would pursue even more lenient Reconstruction policies than those of his predecessor, Abraham Lincoln. However, he faced opposition from the Radical Republicans, a powerful antislavery faction within Congress that was committed to enfranchisement and equal rights for freed blacks.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Radical Republicans’ most important measures were contained in the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 and 1868, which placed the Southern states under military government and required universal manhood suffrage. Despite the Radical program, however, white control over Southern state governments was gradually restored.