HIST 2057 : Hist 2057 Exam 1
Document Summary
Lot of myths about reconstruction bc it"s misunderstood. Historians view it as a hopeful period of history that tried even though they didn"t reach a lot. The country/south/11 confederate states that pulled out of the us are being reconstructed: post civil war situation. Political: how to put the 11 confederate states back into the us, constitution says nothing so have no guidelines, texas, louisiana, arkansas, miss, alabama, tennessee, ga, Johnson"s plan: now vp andrew johnson was president even though he was very unsuited and the worst person to reconstruct, he was from tennessee and a democrat. Designed to make sure black laborers are working and deny them citizenship rights and control their labor: elected the former confederate leaders to national office in. Washington including alexander stevens, vp of the confederacy. Why shift in power: battle between president and congress, congress took over and declared everything done by johnson was null and void.
