HIST 2057 Chapter : 20-Jan-11
Document Summary
Reconstruction as national issue: relief for south, everything was in disarray, long-range economic recovery, freedemens bureau also helped indigent whites, political dimensions, reestablishing loyal govt"s in south, what to do with freedmen , 40 ac. And a mule never got off ground: south"s reprensentation increased due to freedmen (reps in congress increased, best example was the impeachment of president. Johnson: constitutional aspects, was the csa part of the union, who should control. Reconstruction, the president or congress: unionist position: once in union, always in. States was close to southern mentality: lincoln/douglas debate of 1858- i have never been in favor. Of integration nor making voters of the negro : lincoln is driven by outrage over slavery. Disrupt war: believed emancipation should be taken slow-last until 1900, believe blacks should leave country after war, blueprint (10% plan, wanted to set up governmensts of loyal southerners-those willing.
