HI211 Final: American History (term)

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Radical republicans argued that the confederate states should be treated as conquered provinces subject to congressional supervision (455). Although lincoln and congressional republicans disagreed about many aspects of postwar policy, Lincoln was flexible, and his actions mirrored his desire both to heal the union and to help southern blacks (455). Spreading throughout the south, knight of the ku klux klan"s followers donned robes and masks to hide their identities and terrify their victims. Gun-wielding ku kluxers rode on horseback to the homes and churches of black and white republicans to keep them from voting. When threats did not work, they beat and murdered their victims (469-470). To combat the terror unleashed by the klan and its allies, congress passed three force acts in. These measures empowered the president to dispatch officials into the south to supervise election and prevent voting interference (470). Schultz introduces that the incoming races would result in the decay of america, and he.

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