HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Wilkes Booth, Emancipation Proclamation, White Supremacy

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 106
• Professor: Sarah Mc Namarra

Document Summary

The moment after the civil war when the nation has to find a way to recreate the nation, particularly the south. Mostly black and white men (not native americans or latinos or any other group) Richmond, virginia (1865) literally stripped to the ground. Decided he was going to forgive the south. Wanted to create a singular nation again. Rapid reconciliation of the north and the south. Will never know lincoln"s vision of reconstruction. His inclusion with lincoln was kind of an appeasement for the south. He owned slaves later in life but never trusted the elite upper class slaveholders of the south. Once he was president, his beliefs that states rights and white supremacy. States rights: the individual states were responsible of their own affairs. He thought the federal government should not send aid to the south for reconstruction. states should determine this independently.