HIST 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Radical Change, Thomas C. Hindman, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
23 Aug 2016
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April 1865 - lincoln is assassinated and andrew johnson became president this was the only time in american history that there was a split ticket (democrat vs. republican) it was an appeal to the south. Andrew johnson became president just as the war was ending and congress was out of session (presidential reconstruction) presidential reconstruction (1865-1867) Johnson wanted to restore the union quickly reconstruction states"s rights took precedent over central authority provisional governors appointed to draft new state constitutions and ratify. 1865-66 there was no formal political organization for blacks they were formalizing resolutions and conventions demonstrating and vocalizing what their rights should be union league formed in the north during he civil war. African ameriancs were rising in leadership positions one elected to congress black republicans dominated ? the most important gains: within individual counties achieved at the local level.
