HIST 2057 : History Notes Exam 1
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Lincoln"s policy of reconstruction- (1863- some states going back to the. Johnson"s policy of reconstruction (southerner, self made: to the rebel leaders- i will try them, convict them, and hang them, punish the former slave owners, give up slaves and denounce- Black codes- protecting the freed men and women, few rights that were given to them. Keep them in a situation as close to slavery as possible. Tried to recreate slavery through black codes: 13th amendment- ended slavery, 14th amendment- rights of citizenship to aa. If a state denied aa to vote they could not count them as population as rep in hor. - johnson encouraged states to not ratify it. More pull for the south because used to be 3/5- now 5/5. Nothing but freedom:african american life duringreconstruction: emancipation proclamation--jan, 1863, economic and social conditions. Failure of reconstruction: lack of support for equal rights by northern whites, economic, social, and political conditions of thefreedmen, southern white resistance.
