1.04 Rebuilding the Government US History PDF

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US History
Homework Segment 1
This will help you when you enter the course. I got a 80% on this assignment....

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Somebody …

Wanted …

President Abraham Lincoln

the nation to heal as quickly as possible from the Civil War and planned to reunify the nation quickly

President Andrew Johnson

Radical Republicans

Southern Democrats

But …

he was assassinated in 1865 only days after Robert E. Lee's surrender

plans for Reconstruction were taken over by Vice President Andrew Johnson, who became president after Lincoln's death

President Johnson would veto any bill that was passed by Congress. His efforts to stop Congress made tons of Republicans join Radicals.

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Southern states created “Black Codes”

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Congress was passing bills that would change the Reconstruction policy

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Radical republicans thought he was being too soft toward the Southerners

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The radicals believed that Johnson’s plan was not working

Congress tried passing bills that would hopefully improve the Reconstruction policy

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The radical republicans gained authority in both house and senate.

They gave Rutherford an ultimatum that if he named a southern democrat in his cabinet and got rid of all of the federal troops, they would vote for him.

to change the social structure of the south and continue the reconstruction that Lincoln created

Give African Americans citizenship and the right to vote

wanted a South democrat in the cabinet and get rid of the federal troops that were within the South

So …

Part 2—Answer the following questions in a complete paragraph of your own words. Your paragraph should contain at least five sentences.

What was the main issue relating to Reconstruction that divided Republicans at the end of the Civil War? If you had been a member of Congress at the time, what actions would you have taken to avoid the conflict over Reconstruction immediately following the Civil War? The issues that related to the Reconstruction which divided Republicans at the end of the civil war were to separate the south from becoming the way it was before the civil war. The individuals who felt that the South shouldn’t change were called the Radical Republicans. If I were a member of the Congress, I would have sat and talk to some of the people from congress and tell them what is needed to provide for the Radicals in a way that would not conflict with the President. No one should be against each other because we are all in the same nation and we are what makes up a nation so we should all just work together....