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IB US History HL - Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)
IB US History HL - Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)
Basic History
- Southern Democrat Andrew Johnson is elected president
- Lincoln originally put Johnson as his running mate to show he is willing to listen to the South
- As president, Johnson became lenient on what states could and could not rejoin the Union, which angered radical republicans
- Johnson’s new requirements were: Ratify the 13th amendment, pay war debt, and swear loyalty to the Union
- The Union faced a challenge in deciding what to do with former confederate leaders such as Robert E. Lee as well as what should happen when southerners voted confederate politicians to congress
- They decided to not seat the voted politicians
- Carpetbagger - A term for a Northern Republican who wants to take advantage of the south, they would take all their belongings south in bags made of carpet
- They would move south to gain votes from freed slaves
- Scalawag - Term for a white southerner who joins the Northern republican party for financial or political gain
Political Turmoil
- Southern States limited black votes which led to former confederates being elected to congress
- Johnson was sent 2 bills: The Freedman’s Bureau and Civil Right’s Bill
- Freedman’d Bureau aimed to help freed slaves and refugees of war
- President Johnson vetoed both, but congress overturned
- Johnson was not an abolitionist, he was a unionist and initially joined the senate to stops states from seceding
- He realized slavery had to end in order for the Union to, well, unite
- Remember the federal and state governments have separation of powers
- Johnson believed in states’ rights but saw slavery as a national issue
Civil Rights Act (CRA) of 1887
- The Bill passed Johnson’s veto and led to a large number of black voters in the 1870s, which led to black congressmen
- Johnson’s leniency created a rift between him and congress
- A political cartoon from 1867 shows a black man voting as others, including Johnson, look at him angrily
Reconstruction Act (RA) of 1867
- The RA divided the South into 5 military districts
- It also outlined how governments based on universal male suffrage were to be organized
- Troops were sent from the Union army to ensure everything went as planned
- Southern whites got angry as they were now on the same level as black people, they were both in a “poor equality”
- This then spurred political and economic disenfranchisement
Andrew Johnson Impeachment
- Congress impeached Johnson in 1868 after finding his actions an abuse of power
- WHat is an impeachable offense? Whatever congress decides is
- Johnson removed the secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, over a disagreement on military districts
- Johnson granted full amnesty to past and future crimes regarding the Civil War
- He believed he could get the democratic nomination to run for president
- 14th Amendment - July 9, 1868 - People born in the U.S. are naturalized citizens, all are granted equal protection under the law
- A.k.a. The citizenship for slaves amendment
- Radical Reconstruction - Began in 1867, Ulysses S. GRant is elected in 1868
- 15th Amendment - February 3, 1870 - prohibited voting exclusion based on race, third and final reconstruction amendment
- Panic of 1873 - Financial Crisis in Europe and North America
- Southern states limit black vote with poll taxes and literacy tests
- This also limited poor uneducated whites, which was remedied by the grandfather clause (a law stating that if your grandpa could vote, you can too)
IB US History HL - Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)
IB US History HL - Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)
Basic History
- Southern Democrat Andrew Johnson is elected president
- Lincoln originally put Johnson as his running mate to show he is willing to listen to the South
- As president, Johnson became lenient on what states could and could not rejoin the Union, which angered radical republicans
- Johnson’s new requirements were: Ratify the 13th amendment, pay war debt, and swear loyalty to the Union
- The Union faced a challenge in deciding what to do with former confederate leaders such as Robert E. Lee as well as what should happen when southerners voted confederate politicians to congress
- They decided to not seat the voted politicians
- Carpetbagger - A term for a Northern Republican who wants to take advantage of the south, they would take all their belongings south in bags made of carpet
- They would move south to gain votes from freed slaves
- Scalawag - Term for a white southerner who joins the Northern republican party for financial or political gain
Political Turmoil
- Southern States limited black votes which led to former confederates being elected to congress
- Johnson was sent 2 bills: The Freedman’s Bureau and Civil Right’s Bill
- Freedman’d Bureau aimed to help freed slaves and refugees of war
- President Johnson vetoed both, but congress overturned
- Johnson was not an abolitionist, he was a unionist and initially joined the senate to stops states from seceding
- He realized slavery had to end in order for the Union to, well, unite
- Remember the federal and state governments have separation of powers
- Johnson believed in states’ rights but saw slavery as a national issue
Civil Rights Act (CRA) of 1887
- The Bill passed Johnson’s veto and led to a large number of black voters in the 1870s, which led to black congressmen
- Johnson’s leniency created a rift between him and congress
- A political cartoon from 1867 shows a black man voting as others, including Johnson, look at him angrily
Reconstruction Act (RA) of 1867
- The RA divided the South into 5 military districts
- It also outlined how governments based on universal male suffrage were to be organized
- Troops were sent from the Union army to ensure everything went as planned
- Southern whites got angry as they were now on the same level as black people, they were both in a “poor equality”
- This then spurred political and economic disenfranchisement
Andrew Johnson Impeachment
- Congress impeached Johnson in 1868 after finding his actions an abuse of power
- WHat is an impeachable offense? Whatever congress decides is
- Johnson removed the secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, over a disagreement on military districts
- Johnson granted full amnesty to past and future crimes regarding the Civil War
- He believed he could get the democratic nomination to run for president
- 14th Amendment - July 9, 1868 - People born in the U.S. are naturalized citizens, all are granted equal protection under the law
- A.k.a. The citizenship for slaves amendment
- Radical Reconstruction - Began in 1867, Ulysses S. GRant is elected in 1868
- 15th Amendment - February 3, 1870 - prohibited voting exclusion based on race, third and final reconstruction amendment
- Panic of 1873 - Financial Crisis in Europe and North America
- Southern states limit black vote with poll taxes and literacy tests
- This also limited poor uneducated whites, which was remedied by the grandfather clause (a law stating that if your grandpa could vote, you can too)
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