HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Samuel J. Tilden, Republican Congress, Radical Republican
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Radical republican plan/punitive plan/congressional plan: destroy old south planter elite, disenfranchise former confederates, franchise=right to vote, only loyalists before war (cid:862)pu(cid:374)ish the(cid:373)(cid:863) Johnson & lincoln: a(cid:374)dre(cid:449) joh(cid:374)so(cid:374) follo(cid:449)ed li(cid:374)(cid:272)ol(cid:374)"s lenient pla(cid:374, amnesty to all except planters. Planters had to come to him and get pardon: oath of allegiance, form government. Congress refuses to recognize new governments (congress vs. president: high ranking confederates, no real reconstruction. Congressional plan prevails (congress makes laws: o(cid:448)errides preside(cid:374)t"s (cid:448)eto, congress passed law for radical reconstruction-president veto-congress overrides veto, martial law, all disenfranchised except loyalists. End of reconstruction: election of 1877, samuel tilden democrat popular vote, rutherford b. hayes republican electoral vote, notes, white supremacy. Conditions for industrialization: political realignment, (cid:271)efore (cid:272)i(cid:448)il (cid:449)ar, de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rats (cid:449)ere do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ate (cid:862)party of sla(cid:448)ery(cid:863) repu(cid:271)li(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)party of i(cid:374)dustrializatio(cid:374)(cid:863, natural resources, burning coal. No industrialization without coal: new technology, new machines, steam engine started industrial revolution. Leadership: standardization, governmental encouragement, contributions of agricultural sector.
