HIST 2057 : Test 1
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Reconstruction failed overall because it was not sustained. However, it did allow more rights for blacks: 1865 the war is over. What do the people have to do: what"s to be decided, political, most obvious issue is how are you going to bring the south back into the. Ii: presidential reconstruciont (1865-66): the failure of self-reconstruction: requirements of the south, lincoln"s plan, lincoln does not ask much from the white south. The main aid helps to transition of former slaves into freedom (helps to distribute land to former slaves). Freedom"s bureau also helped to set up schools. Johnson"s requirements: lincoln gets assassinated and andrew johnson becomes president. Johnson is from the northern state of tennessee. Johnson set up a policy that can be called self reconstruction ---the white south was given the ability to reconstruct themselves. Unions to southern states allowing them to write their own constitution.
