USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -For a while, President Johnson followed Lincoln’s plan, but then implemented his own in May of 1865. Black codes were established in many states that curtailed the rights of African Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1863 Representative T. D. Eliot of Massachusetts proposed a bill establishing a bureau of emancipation within the Department of War to provide protection and support to newly freed African Americans. Freedmen aid societies had been advocating for such an agency through memorials, petitions, and direct lobbying.

Detailed explanation-3: -The combination of white intimidation, a significant economic depression in the South, and the Democratic Party winning control of the House of Representatives in 1874, resulted in Reconstruction beginning to fade away.

Detailed explanation-4: -After slavery, state governments across the South instituted laws known as Black Codes. These laws granted certain legal rights to blacks, including the right to marry, own property, and sue in court, but the Codes also made it illegal for blacks to serve on juries, testify against whites, or serve in state militias.