HIST 015A Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Scalawag, Carpetbagger, Sharecropping
13 Nov 2017
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Legacy of civil war: human toll: 750,000 dead, physical destruction of south, north"s dilemma, reconstruction of union, punishment of rebels, some wanted them to suffer painfully. Lincoln vs. congress: who should lead reconstruction: lincoln"s ten percent plan, radical republicans and wade-davis bill, lincoln"s pocket veto, lincoln"s assassination. Andrew johnson: despised planter class, fierce unionist, southerner, racist, became vice president, johnson"s political ideology, jacksonian democrat, johnson"s personality, easily provoked, difficult to work with, chip on shoulder. Johnson"s reconstruction plan: disenfranchisement of confederate civil and military leaders, state conventions called to ratify 13th amendment, new elections for state legislatures and u. s. congressmen, johnson"s reversal, mass pardons. Johnson"s battle against radical republicans: thirty-ninth congress. Iv: radical republicans (smallest group, moderate republicans (largest group, conservative republicans, democrats, johnson"s counter-attack, freedman"s bureau, civil rights act of 1866, 1866 congressional elections, victory for anti-jacksonian republicans. Final battle between president and congress: johnson"s military reappointment, tenure of office act.
