Reconstruction Of The Southern States After The Civil War

After the Union won the Civil War, the United of America began to repair the nation from 1865-1877. The reconstruction took place in the South. Unfortunately, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, killed by John Wilkes Booth. The Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became president from 1865-1866.
President Johnson believed the southern states wanted state government over federal government. Southern states wanted the right to create their own laws, and have the whole nation create their own laws. President Johnson announced his plan to repair the the United States known as, Johnson’s Presidential Reconstruction. His plan included the Freedmen’s Bureau to provide help to freed slaves and to poor whites. The Thirteenth Amendment was enacted, become a law, in 1865, making slavery illegal.
As a result of the new amendment, many southern states were not happy about this new change. Southern states tried to convince to get rid of the Thirteenth Amendment by offering to pay off war debt. Southern states legislatures passed restrictions, “black codes” resulting in limited freedom and to not receive equal work pay. Northern states were not happy about the “black codes” resulting in southern states to have limited opportunities to be a part of senate and the congress, the federal government.
Congress T also passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which grave free blacks blacks the right to sue, the right to serve on juries, and several other legal rights. Again, President Johnson vetoed this bill, which Congress was able to override the bill to become legal. Many violent outbreaks occurred caused by the Radical Reconstruction. One violet group was formed, Ku Klux Klan, a group of people who do not believe African Americans should have any freedoms and