HIS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pocket Veto, Radical Republican, Equal Protection Clause
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Lincoln, 1863: during civil war announces reconstruction plan dec. 1863, year after emancipation proc. Lincoln moderate republican left radicals: wade-davis, alternate to congressional reconstruction, 3 components, pres. Appoint provisional governors for each conquered state: majority of white males pledge allegiance to union provisional governor could summon state constitutional convention delegates nominate votes who had never made army against the us, new state constitution. State repudiate the debts accumulated during war. Lincoln makes pocket veto: executive have x number of days to sign bill or it is vetoed just goes away if not signed not like plan: april 1865 plan in effect until then. Johnson: democrat takes over after lincoln dies. Lincoln republican east tennessee almost seceded from. Tennessee cause not into slavery, he was racist though: not like plant class, 3 components, requires southerners take loyalty oath, grant amnesty had exceptions though. 2 of 14 1. high ranking confed officials. Large land owners majority votes need take loyalty oath.
