HIS222H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Reconstruction Acts
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Republicans create a joint committee and propose: Extension of freedmen"s bureau bill to 1870. Civil rights bill overturned dred scott decision that states that african. Johnson (democrat) was against this - said that african americans might not have the quali cations to be citizens. Has more enemies now republicans sweep the 1866 midterm elections and basically take over. Reconstruction acts of 1867: ensures that the south is under the territory and military obligations of the north. Southern states are divided into 5 military districts until new state governments could be created. Congress has basically overtaken the reconstruction at this point. Johnson removed freedmen"s bureau o cials enforcing reconstruction acts, and replaces them with conservatives. Johnson asks stanton to resign - he didn"t - johnson res him. House of representatives formed 11 articles of impeachment against johnson ( rst time a president was placed on trial for high crimes and misdemeanors (vague term: can mean many things).
