HIST 2057 : History 2057 Exam 1 Notes
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Exam 1 notes: congressional reconstruction, 1867- reconstruction acts and impeachment, the reconstruction amendments -13,14,15, freedman"s bureau, election 1868- the republican crest. Southern white resistance: planter misrepresentation and regulators , nathan bedford forrest and the ku klux klan. Republican fracture and problems in court: classical liberalism, panic of 1873, the great scandals, judicial retreat. Minor v. happersett (1875: election of 1876/ compromise of 1877. Johnson fires edward stanton (doesn"t want stanton to reconstruct the 5 districts) Impeach andrew johnson, (on trial) senate decides if he will be removed from office. Avoids being removed from office by a single vote. Congress in charge of reconstruction, republicans already thinking about getting new president and who will help support their visions of reconstruction of the south. 13-14-15 amendment, fall under the umbrella of the reconstruction. Republican victories in 66, 67,68 which extend the life of the bureau. Some of the north questioned that its outside the bounds of what national government should be doing.
