HIS 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reconstruction Acts
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Claim that johnson"s abolishment of slavery rule was null and void. Do they get a vote: originally, this was decided by the 3/5 compromise, the slave population x the regular population = the population after the 3/5 compromise. Vice president who takes over after the assassination. Originally the governor of tennessee, brought in to smooth things over with the south. Wants to be even more lenient on admittance into the union. To rejoin the union, the must completely abolish slavery. Johnson"s campaigning spread the word that he was an alcoholic and turned public opinion even further against him. Lead to even more radical republicans in congress in 1866. Congress overrides johnson"s veto and passes the law. The reconstruction act states : confederate states committed state suicide and were no longer u. s. states. It divided the confederate states into 5 military districts, controlled by a general of the.
