RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Lincoln wanted to end slavery and enforce the Black Codes.
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Lincoln wanted to end slavery and humiliate southern plantation owners.
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Lincoln wanted to end the war as quickly as possible and preserve the Union.
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Lincoln wanted to end the war as quickly as possible and impose military occupation of the south.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In December, President Lincoln proposed a reconstruction program that would allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-2: -We often associate the Civil War with the end of slavery-and for good reason. But Lincoln’s primary goal in going to war was to save the Union, slavery or not.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the American Civil War, President Lincoln noted again and again that his purpose in fighting the South was to save the Union, not to free the slaves.
Detailed explanation-4: -1. A state must have a majority within its borders take the oath of loyalty 2. A state must formally abolish slavery 3. No Confederate officials could participate in the new governments.