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Why did congress make so many changes to president Johnson's plan for reconstruction?
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How is the president's salary determined?
The President's salary is set by Congress. However, in order to prevent bribery or threats by Congress against the President, the Constitution provides that any changes to the President's salary cannot take effect until the beginning of the next Presidential term.
What prevents Congress from passing a bill?
If a majority of Congress does not want the bill, then the bill is dead unless the committee makes changes that allows the bill to get 50%. Then it goes to the President for his signature. If the president refuses to sign, it goes back to congress. If enough members of Congress want the bill, they can override it with a two-thirds vote.
Early in his administration many of the bills President Carter submitted to Congress .?
passed only with major changes from his own party
How did Herbert Hoover make any changes to the Constitution?
He could not even if he wanted to. Changes are made by the Congress and only by them. The president must then sign off. Hoover was the director of the FBI and had no power to do any changes.
Does the president's salary ever change while in office?
Only if the salary change was authorized by a previous congress and president in a previous term. Changes to the president's salary can not take place until after the sitting president has left office.
Can the president veto legislation from congress?
No, the Congress can't veto a bill. It is the Presidentwho can. Congress is the Legislative Branch of government, and it is their job to make the law by passing bills. The President is the head of the Executive Branch of government, and it is his option to either sign or refuse to sign a given bill.
How many changes of the constitution were sent to congress?
12 changes of the constitusion were sent to congress
What are four changes Congress's Military reconstruction act makes in President Johnson's Reconstruction plan?
1. Two years after civil war, union soldiers return and break up South into 5 military districts, commanded by union generals. 2. Took the vote away from thousands of confederates. 3. In order to return to the union, those particular southern states had to ratify the 14th amendment. 4. Full voting rights for African Americans.
Why didnt the south receive sympathetic treatment in reconstruction?
The South didn't receive sympathetic treatment because the Radical Republicans gained power in Congress, thus giving them the power to override President Johnson's vetoes. The Radical Republicans wanted to make the Reconstruction process slow so that major social and economic changes could be made. They were supportive of black's rights and they wanted to make sure the whites in the South accepted the 14th Amendment and the freedom of the blacks.
Was Andrew Johnson a Radical Republican?
No. Andrew Johnson was a Democrat who had run for election as President Lincoln's Vice-President on the National Union ticket. The Radical Republicans wanted drastic changes in the South during Reconstruction; Johnson was more sympathetic to the South, and wanted to reunite them with the Union immediately and unconditionally.
What piece of legislation represents the political and social changes?
Reconstruction
What changes occurred during Reconstruction?
S**T happened
