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Presidents during Reconstruction (1865 to 1876) (Ulysses S. Grant (Upheld…
Presidents during Reconstruction (1865 to 1876)
Lincoln
Malice towards None
Assassinated and the Wade-Davis Bill is passed
Federal Control of the Southern states
Ulysses S. Grant
Upheld amendments to give blacks and minorities equal rights
Fought against the KKK
Loss lots of government money/Almost bankrupt the country
Andrew Johnson
VP
Southerner who was lenient on Southerners
Opposition to Radical Republicans
Preferred Lincoln's plan
Radical Republicans try to impeach
Johnson's cabinet are Radical Republicans
Johnson fires cabinet member so Congress tries to impeach
Rutherford B. Hayes
Election of 1876
The election ends in a tie
Several Southern states had to hold reelections
Republicans strike a deal with states
South would take control of state govt
Remove federal troops from the South
State constitutions can be rewritten
South implements Jim Crow Laws/Black codes
Civil War Amendments
13th
Abolishes slavery
Prison system
14th
Right to equality
Not discriminate against a person's race, gender, religion
African Americans to become citizens
15th
Equal opportunity to all people.