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Reconstruction After the Civil War Under Lincoln and Johnson
Reconstruction Plans Under Lincoln Never doubting a Union victory, President Abraham Lincoln began planning for the post-Civil War era long before the war ended. Lincoln knew that a Union victory would mean sweeping changes in the South—the old Confederacy ...
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Radical Reconstruction After the Civil War
Congress Takes Action Radical Republicans declared that if the South were allowed to rebuild itself along the lines of the Black Codes, the Civil War had been fought for nothing. They introduced a variety of legislation to counter the Black Codes. First, they ...
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Certain that President Johnson would not support the Reconstruction Acts, which had been passed over his veto, Congress passed a law called the Tenure of Office Act. It required Senate approval for the president to fire any ...
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The Election of 1868 and 1876
The Election of 1868 The Radical Republicans had overreached themselves in their attempt to impeach the president on trumped-up grounds. The Republican Party was now afraid of losing power in Washington. Republican leaders decided that the best thing to do would ...
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The Rise of Jim Crow Laws
The Rise of Jim Crow Laws The southern economy still depended on the production and sale of cotton, rice, and tobacco. The large plantations still existed. The crops still had to be harvested. A large labor force was still necessary. However, southerners had to ...
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Reconstruction and the Civil War Practice Test
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