1. I. How did government change after the Civil War?

2. 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

3. 17th President
Andrew Johnson
Democrat
Tennessee

4. 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

5. C) Congressional Reconstruction
1866- Civil Rights Act
Military Reconstruction
Reconstruction Acts—
New amendments must be accepted for re-admittance
1868- Johnson Christmas Pardons

6. d) The Civil War Amendments

7. II. How did the life in the South change after the war?

8. A) Freedmen 90% stayed in the South
Pop- counted, changed numbers in Congress
Jobs- sharecroppers-- tenant farmers—
Some political participation

9. B) The Freedmen’s Bureau
Function: provided services
Successes: education
Failures: CORRUPT
Couldn’t redistribute land

10. C) Problems for Freedmen
Black Codes-
Deal with KKK violence and other supremacy groups

11. D) Problems for whites
Whites were now the minority in 3 states
Carpetbaggers--
Scalawags--