The south wanted to deny the freed slaves civil rights. They used violence against the slaves, as well as southern Union supporters. The south passed the "black codes" to try and control the blacks. They are stubborn and refuse to allow the slaves to simply pack up and go, leaving southerners with no one to cultivate their plantations and keep their economy working smoothly.
Military Reconstruction Act
Congressional Reconstruction restricted eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South.
The military troops stationed throughout the South to enforce the Radical Reconstruction Act were deployed by the federal government under the authority of President Ulysses S. Grant. This was done to ensure the protection of freed slaves and to maintain order during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War.
Reconstruction was what the period of rebuilding the south was after the civil war.
By the time of President Kennedy's assassination, he had sent 16,000 advisers to South Vietnam. Military operations conducted by the advisers was well beyond expressed congressional authorization. There was no Congressional resistance to this and only Senators Gruening, Morse and McGovern expressed opposition to this.
Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
Military Reconstruction Act
During the Presidential Reconstruction, President Lincoln wanted to be kind to the South and help them rebuild as much as possible. The Congressional Reconstruction wanted the South to pay for their rebellions.
Congressional Reconstruction restricted eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South.
1877When the last federal troops were removed from the south.
Establishment of Military Districts in the South
Congressional Reconstruction restricted eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South. Presidential Reconstruction was run by the president. The president who at the time was Abraham Licoln made it up. When he died Johnson took over the plan. Congress lost hope in him so they tried to impeach him. They also in turn took over and named there plan Congressional reconstruction. Therefore Congress made Congresional Reconstruction and The president made presidential reconstruction. The presidential reconstruction supported the 10% rule, while the congressional reconstruction rejected the rule, instead they supported the"forfeited-rights theory"which states that as long as the southerners rebelled against the union; they had forfeited their rights under the U.S. constitution.. Also the presidential rule was very lenient towards the southerners. and offered some form of amnesty to southerners who would take oath of allegiance. the congressional reconstruction wanted revenge against the south.
The Presidential opposition and Southern States resistance to the Fourteenth Amendment and to Reconstruction so outraged the Congress that in March 1867 it passed a Reconstruction Act that imposed its desired version on the South by means of a diktat. Therefore all former Confederate States but one (Tennessee had been readmitted in 1866 to the Union), were grouped into five military districts, each ruled by a military governor in order to push forward the Reconstruction program according to the Congress wishes and check the progress done.
It was the Reconstruction Act.
The Reconstruction Acts divided the south into five military districts. Each district was commanded by a general, which would serve as the acting government for the region.
The military occupation of the South by the Federal Troops and the Reconstruction.
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.