1. President Johnson reconstruction plan started in 1862, …show more content…
In 1866, congressed passed The civil rights act, which defines persons born in the united states as citizens and extended the freeman bureau. 14th Amendment was also created which defines citizenship, guarantees equal protection, and extends the rights in the bill of right to all the states. Later in 1867, again over Johnson's veto, congress passed The Reconstruction Act, which divided the South into five military districts, and required each state to create a new government, one that included participation of black men. Those new governments needed to endorse the 14th Amendment if they wanted to get back into the Union. Congress Reconstruction plan intentions were to punish the South and create a social benefits to Africans-Americans by protecting freed slaves rights and extended the freedmen bureau. The Bureau primary job was to set a relief organization for African-American that were divested and left stranded after the civil war. The bureau also help with the establishment of schools, labor relations and protection from all violence for the freed slaves. In 1868, Congress passed 15th Amendment, which prohibited states from denying men the right to vote based on race. The republican’s long term goals was to get the favor of African-American votes and to keep the President and the Democratic party at