The Reconstruction plan
black codes
who was a black leader who wanted full civil rights for former slaves
The purpose of Reconstruction was to give freedmen and white Unionists power to organize governments and control the former Confederate states indefinitely.
In terms of "controlled" the US army was stationed in various "departments" designed to move along the process of having the former Confederate states returned after due process to the USA. In 1872, the South voted under the Amnesty Act restoring civil rights to citizens of the former Confederacy.
These four statutes were passed:Creation of five military districts in the seceded states not including Tennessee, which had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and was readmitted to the UnionRequiring congressional approval for new state constitutions (which were required for Confederate states to rejoin the Union)Confederate states give voting rights to all men.All former Confederate states must ratify the 14th Amendment.
He wanted them to respect the rights of African Americans.
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It angered the Radical Republicans.
They instituted black codes to restrict African American rights.
Congress tried to give more rights to former slaves and remove Confederate leaders from power.
They passed black codes to limit African Americans' rights.
They passed black codes to limit African Americans' rights.
The constitution for the Confederate States of America was almost a word-for-word copy of the U.S. Constitution. There were a number of minor changes, but the main ones involved states' rights and slavery. The most glaring change was the prohibition of the Confederate government from making any law that limited a citizen's rights with regard to his "negro slaves."
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution were pushed through before the former Confederate states could object to them. These amendments ended slavery, expanded the power of the Federal Government, and gave voting rights to former slaves.
The South welcomed Andrew Johnson's reconstruction plan because it neglected the rights of former slaves more or less, and he granted over 1,000 pardons to former Confederate leaders during his time in office.
black codes
The Black Codes were laws passed in the Southern states after the Civil War that restricted the rights and freedoms of freedmen. These laws aimed to control and exploit the labor of newly freed African Americans by imposing restrictions on their mobility, labor options, and civil rights. The Black Codes were eventually replaced by the Jim Crow laws, which institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination.