civil war final 10

John j omenhausser sketch

those sketches by confederate POW w the AA;s being on top

proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction

first act of reconstruction

allowed confederates to swear loyalty to the union on a person to person basis

no reprecussions for treason but had to free their slaves

border state reconstruction

Lincoln wanted them to do this without fed interferences

few do well like WV bt not Kentucky and delaware

13th amendment

abolished slavery

special field order 15

issued by Sherman granting any freed person who applied fort acres of land along the ga coast

freedmen bureau

signed into law by lincoln

keep was on same land on which they worked as slaves except now theyre paid

lincoln’s assassination

happened in April

killed by John wilkesbooth

Andrew johnson

succeeded Lincoln

democrat

didnt like planters however comma very racist

Johnson’s proclamation of amnesty

disqualified certain classes of confederate citizens (planters)

anyone who applied for pardon got it so former confederates had their seats in congress

black codes

set of laws designed to limit freedom of was

• slavery without calling it slavery

• work contract

• no metings after sunset

• no houses

New Orleans riot

former confederate soldiers burnt stuff and left 48 dead

stop unionist suffrage led to 34 black deaths

radical republicans

minroity

more revolutionary approach to reconstruction

Thaddeus Stevens of Penn.: wanted to fix the schools and give them suffrage and land

how would they enforce it: military protection, republicans in southern offices

civil rights bill of 1866

bill extending power of freedmen’s bureau to stop all the race riots

• spooned by radicals and moderates and undid the black codes

14th amendment

made bc of civil rights bill of 1866

undid dred Scott case of 57

election of 1866

republicans win midterms

• 2:1 majority in congress so president can’t veto or hell be overturned so now hes powerless

impeachment of Andrew Johnson

1867

military reconstruction act of 1867

puts generals in charge of reconstruction states

15 amendment

made sure ppl would vote republican and win elections

ensured southern and northern democrats couldn’t reunited and re establish another part so they enfranchise freed people in the south

KKK

formed in tennessee by ex confederates in 1865

higher violence during elections to intimidate voters and reduce republican votes

Colfax massacre

worst case of racial violence in 1873

• white ppl set courthouse on fire and shot all black men that tried to leave so the US stepped in and arrest 97 men but they weren’t connected to it so got to leave

compromise of 1877

republican will be next president in exchange for votes going o Rutherford hayes

• he’ll withdraw troops from the south and stop prosecuting election violence

• gave up on reconstruction and black ppl in order to be president