HIST 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: John Wilkes Booth, Republican Congress, Reconstruction Era
16 May 2016
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Lincoln"s last speech, april 11, 1865, said reconstruction was a practical issue that could only be solved is republicans remained united. April 14, 1865, lincoln was shot at ford"s theatre in washington by john wilkes booth. Andrew johnson became president, lacking lincoln"s moral sense and political judgment: presidential reconstruction. Battle between white house and congress over who was in charge became issue: presidential initiatives. Lincoln"s ten percent plan would re-admit states if 10% took an oath to the union and the state accepted the 13th amendment. The wade-davis bill majority of white men take oath to union, new government by those who had never taken up arms against the union, complete disfranchisement of confederate leaders. Lincoln made a pocket veto of the wade-davis bill by not signing it before congress adjourned: andrew johnson and reconstruction. Johnson was a self made man from the hills of eastern tennessee. Entered local politics in greenevile after running a tailor shop.
