I. How did government change after the Civil War?
A) What were the two problems with Recon? No fixed plan for readmission Authority? Lincoln and Johnson think it’s the Executive’s job Radicals believe Congress should control Recon
17th President Andrew Johnson Democrat Tennessee
B) Johnson’s accomplishments Firsts: First veto override– Civil Rights Act of 1866: First impeachment- for violating the Tenure of Office Act: 1 short of 2/3 majority needed Bought Alaska- first territory not part of the Continental US
C) Congressional Reconstruction 1866- Civil Rights Act 1867- Military Reconstruction Reconstruction Acts— New amendments must be accepted for re-admittance 1868- Johnson Christmas Pardons
d) The Civil War Amendments
II. How did the life in the South change after the war?
A) Freedmen 90% stayed in the South Pop- counted, changed numbers in Congress Jobs- sharecroppers-- tenant farmers— Some political participation
B) The Freedmen’s Bureau Function: provided services Successes: education Failures: CORRUPT Couldn’t redistribute land
C) Problems for Freedmen Black Codes- Deal with KKK violence and other supremacy groups
D) Problems for whites Whites were now the minority in 3 states Carpetbaggers-- Scalawags--