Johnson's Reconstruction Proclamations And The End Of Slavery
By Johnson’s Reconstruction Proclamations, most Southerners were offered full restoration of rights as long as they took an oath to support the government. Furthermore, these Proclamations appointed provincial governors to reestablish governments in seceded states, required returning states to proclaim the illegality of succession, and declared slavery illegal. However, although the South was prepared to accept both these proclamations and the end of slavery, they were not prepared to accept the slaves which had been freed. A group named the Ku Klux Klan was founded, intending to frighten the Negroes away from voting. In addition, the Black Codes were enacted by Southern state legislatures, binding the Negroes to their previous jobs.
Retaliating against the Southern leaders’ unwillingness to reconcile, Congress began enacting punishing policies. The First Reconstruction Act, dividing the South into five districts which were occupied by the U.S. Army, was passed on March 2, 1867. In order to remove the soldiers from their land, the South was requested to call conventions and establish new governments which would allow Negroes voting rights and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. In the end, the Southerners refused to call these conventions and Radical Republican governments were put into power. Reconstruction finally ended in 1877 with the election of Rutherford B. Hayes, who promised to withdraw Federal troops from the South, appoint at least one Southerner to the Cabinet, and make substantial appropriations to the Southern states. Thus, the end of the Civil War had brought not reconciliation, but bitterness and discrimination. r the guaranteed possession of their sacred Black Hills. However, the U.S. government continued to break their treaties and promises, driving the Indians back for their own selfish desires.
Retaliating against the Southern leaders’ unwillingness to reconcile, Congress began enacting punishing policies. The First Reconstruction Act, dividing the South into five districts which were occupied by the U.S. Army, was passed on March 2, 1867. In order to remove the soldiers from their land, the South was requested to call conventions and establish new governments which would allow Negroes voting rights and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. In the end, the Southerners refused to call these conventions and Radical Republican governments were put into power. Reconstruction finally ended in 1877 with the election of Rutherford B. Hayes, who promised to withdraw Federal troops from the South, appoint at least one Southerner to the Cabinet, and make substantial appropriations to the Southern states. Thus, the end of the Civil War had brought not reconciliation, but bitterness and discrimination. r the guaranteed possession of their sacred Black Hills. However, the U.S. government continued to break their treaties and promises, driving the Indians back for their own selfish desires.