Study terms for Chapter 15 Ten Percent Plan: Lincoln’s idea. If 10% of the population of the confederate state would take an oath‚ they could be readmitted back into the union. Lincoln was radical. Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction plans: wanted to let the southern states rebuild themselves‚ if they would take an oath of allegiance would be readmitted (not high ranked)‚ restitution of property—did not include slaves. Hand pick governors and create their own governments. They had to revoke
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Ian Albert 2/19/2013 Research Paper 1 Lincoln/Johnson Reconstruction Intentions vs. Congressional Actions The Civil War‚ which lasted up until 1865‚ was the bloodiest battle that this Nation had ever faced. Making it even sadder was the fact that this Nation was divided‚ North against South‚ and brothers were killing brothers‚ fathers killing sons. It was indeed a tough time for President Lincoln who was sworn into office in 1861. He needed to end the war and figure out a way to bring
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developments that will be mentioned. The first one is the secession of 1860‚ which was a constitutional development. Some other constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction. Some social developments that caused conflict were the Freedmen’s Bureau‚ the Black Codes‚ and the Ku Klux Klan. One of the social developments was the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Freedmen’s Bureau was supposed to give Homesteads to the freed
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greatest changes in history; the Emancipation Proclamation that forever ended slavery and changed the southern way of life. With Slavery no more and a Southern society in ruins more changes had to be made in the Reconstruction revolution. After Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plans for reconstruction failed‚ the Republicans who now controlled congress took the reigns. Socially there was the large issue of all these freedmen with nowhere to go‚ who are now demanding equality. In a petition written just after
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get from place to place. Heavy shipments such as steel could be taken anywhere the trains would go. This was a boon to the Industrial revolution by being able to transport things mere horses could not. Describe at least two (2) ways the Reconstruction period may have been different if President Lincoln had not been assassinated. President Andrew Johnson‚ at first pleased the radical politicians in the north by denying that he was in favor of helping out the “planter aristocracy” and insisting
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Black Codes The Reconstruction period was not as successful as most people think it was with regards to African Americans. Though some factors may be seen as more successful then others‚ but overall the Reconstruction period (with respect to African Americans) was very unsuccessful. In 1865 legislators ratified the 13th Amendment. White Southern Americans released their most precious piece of property‚ their slaves. Though former slaves were liberated‚ a tough road was built before them‚ one
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Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan: 1863–1865 Events 1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction 1864 Congress passes Wade-Davis Bill; Lincoln pocket-vetoes it 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse Congress creates Freedmen’s Bureau Lincoln is assassinated; Johnson becomes president Key People Abraham Lincoln - 16th U.S. president; proposed Ten-Percent Plan for Reconstruction in 1863; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 Andrew Johnson - 17th U.S. president; was
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Hollitz 1 Essay Thomas A. Bailey’s‚ The Ordeal of Reconstruction (1966)‚ presents a view that would claim the that the actions of the Northern ‘carpetbaggers’ and ‘scalawags’ were both “selfish and idealistic” in regards to the Republican government in the Southern states. Meanwhile‚ Bailey paints a sad picture of the once enslaved and uneducated Negroes of the Republican government‚ a role that he attributed as “pathetic and tragic.” Although Bailey does make an attempt to convey the overall
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The increased amount of news broadcasts and social media being used by our government to force feed us with fake information‚ has lead for our entire nation to be at a loss of whether or not we can ever trust our elected officials‚ and their administration again. In light of Donald Trump’s new presidency‚ many have learned that our government is not forced to tell the “truth‚” and as Donald Trump so commonly does‚ can tell their own constructed “truth.” We have seen this constructed truth thrust
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abolished sharecropping was just a loophole. This was another way to force blacks back into plantations. After the Civil War‚ Confederate soldiers were allowed to hold office. This allowed Southerners to pass laws that helped end Reconstruction. During Reconstruction African Americans started to have rights that whites had‚ like voting rights. After Confederate soldiers began to hold office‚ they immediately created laws against blacks such as Jim Crow laws and Black Codes. Both of these were similar
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