AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Denis Kearney, Reconstruction Era, Reconstruction Acts
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Radical republicans charles sumner and thaddeus stevens. Gained more power than moderate republicans during the civil. Unity within political parties was hard to find. Named after a debate over monetary policy (caused them to wear copper coins around their necks). North, forces us to come to a peace agreement with the confederate states. Could purchase their way out of the draft for . Nyc draft riot people had to leave because it was so crazy. Interracial people had to work together to fend off the riot. Mob went after newspapers, people who worked there were armed. Lincoln had to divert troops fron gettysburg to help. Black codes all white state legislatures passed this. Gave formerly slaved people legal rights (marriage, property, limited access to courts). But mostly took away things (testify against whites, serve on juries, vote, serve on militias). Each state had different ones, but mostly were the same. Did not give african americans right to vote.
