HIST 2057 Lecture : History 2057 Notes Paper 1 2
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Rights: these questions were first tackled by lincoln, then johnson, and lastly. Andrew johnson and reconstruction: people assumed that johnson would be tougher on the southern states than lincoln was, this was incorrect, johnson was much more lenient, granted a blanket amnesty, appoints prominent politicians to be governors and reorganize. Johnsons policy of reconstruction wasn"t the same as lincoln"s: by 1865 all states, but texas are readmitted (texas admitted in 1866) each state. "black codes" war as they did prewar: put into effect in southern states to discriminate against african, republicans in congress tried to counteract readmission plan of. Americans- no right t vote, no property, no jobs southern states by passing bill (freedman"s bureau: designed to help freedmen transition from slavery to freedom, helps. If you help a public position in a southern state before the civil war and pledged your allegiance to the confederacy, you were no longer eligible for political positions after the war.
