After the war the Southern States enacted black codes as a way to restore the pre-emancipation system of the South. President Johnson also granted pardons to former Confederate soldiers, who then began to gain political power once returning home. Reconstruction was enacted to prevent the Southern States from gaining more political power and to ensure that slavery did not reoccur. Congress also passed more stringent requirements for states seeking readmission.
Following Lincoln's assassination, Pres Andrew Johnson was faced with Southern states that enacted anti-Black laws regarding voting and land-ownership, while many Confederate soldiers pardoned continued to treat Blacks like slaves. There was no military reconstruction program other than a massive downsizing by both the North and South that added to unemployment and economic stress.
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republicans began to loose control of southern state governments to the democratic party, and also began to loose power in the north. Also after grant was reelected in 1872 financial and political scandals in his administration upset voters.
In the south the Democratic party and in the north the Republican Party
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