How Did The Reconstruction Happened In American History?

The president and Congress have a history of conflict. An early example of this was Andrew Johnson’s actions soon after taking office. He vetoed two bills, both of which benefitted blacks. Congress responded to this by overriding his veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Congressmen also passed the 14th Amendment and three Reconstruction acts. Johnson and the Radical Republicans strongly disagreed about the path that Reconstruction in the South should take. In November of 1867, the House Committee on the Judiciary voted to send articles of impeachment to the House, but the report was rejected. However, in February of 1868 Johnson dismissed Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War. This violated the Tenure of Office Act, which would have required

Overview: The twelve years after the Civil War proved to be a difficult time for America. Called Reconstruction by historians, this era saw an increase of freedom for former slaves. However, there was also great resistance to change. In 1877 attempts to reconstruct the South officially ended, leaving white-only governments in power. This DBQ asks you to decide who, North or South, was most responsible for the end of Reconstruction

After the tragedy of Lincoln's death, Vice President Andrew Johnson stepped up into the presidential position and started his own plans for reconstruction; his too, would turn out to be a failure. He supported hardcore Democratic principles and restoring Southern power. He brought in the remaining states back into the constitution. He divided the power of planters and restricted there voting He created the idea of "blanket pardons" which allowed Southern states that had abolished slavery and repealed their articles of secession to re-assume their powers of government and elect representatives to the Congress. This all backfired because while the south was happy and the Blacks weren't voting under Johnson, the Radical Republicans were angered and more conflict was started. The whole idea of everyone being happy wasn't working at all with anyone. Johnson was the second to go, being the first impeached president ever.

America was in disarray following the events of the Civil War. Southern economy was in shambles while congress was struggling to find a middle ground between the radical republicans and Lincoln’s lenient policies. Many Southerners faced the aftermath of uprooting their society and their way of life while thousands of newly freed slaves struggled to find a way to support themselves. The country needed a strong leader, however on the 14th of April, 1865 President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theatre in Washington (Farmer). Without the man that had once held the nation together, the country now faced an enormous obstacle; reconstructing American economics, politics and social life.

Reconstruction was a time of great change for the now-unified United States. It started in 1865, coinciding with the Union win of the Civil War. Reconstruction is defined as ‘the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War.” This means that the Northern states were given the task of trying to decide what to do with the states that left the Union before the war. Deciding what to do with these states sparked lots of debate. So much debate that it split the northern population into different groups. Radical Republicans fought for the rights of freedmen and believed that South should pay for the damage they caused. The Radicals were not interested in taking the South back with open arms. One of the Radicals’ proposed laws was to take large chunks of ex-confederate land and sharing it with freed slaves and non-wealthy whites. With that being said, the majority of the Northern population were Moderate in their stance on Reconstructing. Moderates were not for the distributing of land to African-Americans in the South because they believed that blacks would get complacent and not want to contribute to the economy in their various states. They thought that blacks would eventually become socially equal to whites given time. Moderates assumed that going strongly against what the Southern Majority wants would hinder the Reconstruction of the U.S. The Confederate ideals were

Congress passes the Tenure of the Office Act, which stripped the President of the power to remove federal officials without the Senate’s approval, and in 1867, established a military Reconstruction program to enforce political and social rights for southern blacks.

Death, something saddening to many nutrol for others, but what about if it 's the death of an era not a person. The question is, who was responsible for the ending of Reconstruction (To rebuild/fixing after war): Northern Neglect or Southern Resistance? Though there is no question. The North’s neglecting to the south was a primary reason for the ending of reconstruction because during that era a large percentile of the North made up the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), which that specific group was largely opposed to the reconstruction of the South as well as they were supremacist; which means, “an advocate of the supremacy of a particular group, especially one determined by race or sex. or relating to or advocating supremacy of a particular group.” The KKK were so opposed to slavery, and the reconstruction that they went as far as to kill many southern congressmen just because they were pro-reconstruction (Doc. B). The other reason that the north was primarily responsible for the ending of reconstruction was the fact that the north got to the point where they started neglecting the south and putting the reconstruction as their last priority (Doc. D). The north did this from getting tired of fixing south’s problems (Doc. C), along with many other reasons. The north could have helped the reconstruction with so much, but they gave up, they gave up on part of their country. They quit something that could have changed history. Though if they didn’t quit how would the world be today.

The reconstruction of the South after the Civil War, also known as the Reconstruction Era, lasted from 1865 to 1877. This time period was meant to affect the south, but also affected North. The Reconstruction Era was considered in the South worse than the Civil War itself. Many acts were passed including the Third Force Act, Black Codes, the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, The Thirteenth Amendment, and many more. The Reconstruction Era made many famous figures, Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant. The Reconstruction Era’s ultimate effect was to help the South regain strength after the Civil War, but it did not always affect the South in a positive way.

As you're eating dinner at the diner, you see white men beating an African American. And you wonder to yourself when will this end? And who will stop it? Some good facts to know is that in the year of 1876, it was the 100th year of the Declaration of Independence(Roden,505). Also that the Civil War lasted 4 years(Dallek, 535). The question asked is, South or North. Who destroyed Reconstruction? I think the South destroyed Reconstruction because of the KKK wanted power, the KKK was harming the African Americans, and the South wouldn’t stop the KKK.

While the war is over, there’s still tension between the states. Why? Because of Reconstruction. Reconstruction was the idea to rebuild the South after Sherman’s March to the Sea. Reconstruction caused positive things such as African American rights. But, there were some negatives. As the plan died out, it caused more and more tension between the country. Why did this happen? Because of Southern resistance and Northern neglect. Who ended reconstruction, though?

After the civil war, the southern states were severely crippled by more than $2 billion of debt. Most of the battles and destruction occurred on southern soil so the South was not in good condition. The Reconstruction was necessary because the South was in poor condition and people feared that the southern states would not rejoin the union and the US would not be the same.

In 1867, the Republicans passed the Tenure of Office Act that occurred over the president’s veto. According to the Tenure of Office Act, the president did not possess enough power to remove an official that was put in office through senatorial approval. The act was mainly meant to protect those officials who were Republicans. Late 1867, President Johnson decided to put the constitutionality of the Tenure of Office Act to the test, this was done by replacing Stanton with Ulysses Grant. However, Johnson was forced to return the office back to Stanton after the Senate had put in place a measure to protest the president’s move. On February 21, 1968, Johnston decided to do away with Stanton forever. Johnston did this by replacing Stanton with Lorenzo Thomas. This Simple act leads to the impeachment of President Johnson and unlike Bill Clinton’s, it was a successful one (Foner 653). Fifty years from now, the Americans will be able to see that in a democracy, no one is indispensable including the president.

“Congress met in 1868 and refused to agree in the removal of Edwin Stanton by vote. However, President Andrew Johnson refused to accept the Senate’s decision. He believed The Tenure of Office Act was unconstitutional. Hopeful in gaining judicial review of the Act’s constitutionality, President Johnson appointed General Lorenzo Thomas, General of the Army, to the post of secretary of war. Shortly thereafter, impeachment proceedings began.” (THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT OF 1867)

The reconstruction of America would decide how the south would rejoin the Union, what was to become of the nearly 3 million black slaves freed, how America was going to recover from such a devastating internal war. There appears to be phases that the Reconstruction Era went through, roughly three of them. The first is that of the Presidential Reconstruction, it lead to a more radical Republican party. After such we find ourselves in what was to be known as the Radical Reconstruction. A period where the blacks found their voices being heard. Finally we lead up to the end of the Reconstruction-era. It is said that the reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877, however it can be said that, to this very day, some reconstruction is still ongoing.

For the first several decades of the Republic of the United States, the House of Representatives took no interest in impeaching the president, but when the Reconstruction Era rolled around, tension between the House of Represenatives and the president grew to an ultimate high. President Johnson was left with big shoes to fill after the assassination of President Lincoln, and while Lincoln held his own in the White House, Johnson took the back burner during his presidency. When Johnson did stand up to the House of Representatives, they passed the Tenure of Office Act,