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Why did many members of congress oppose president Lincoln's plan for reconstruction?
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∙ 9y ago
It decreed that a state could be reintegrated into the Union when 10 percent of its voters in the presidential election of 1860 had taken an oath of allegiance to the United States and pledged to abide by emancipation. The next step would be formal erection of a state government. Lincoln would then recognize the purified regime.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoAbolitionists opposed Lincolnâ??s plan for reconstruction because of their opposing viewpoints on slavery. While Lincoln hoped to free slaves and abolish slavery altogether, abolitionist supported the inherent right of man to own slaves.
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∙ 13y agoEmotions ran high between the North and South. Lincoln's plan for the South was not to punish but to rebuild. Some people in the North felt Lincoln was being soft on Southern states. Lincoln was right on the money.
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∙ 9y agoMany members of Congress opposed Reconstruction because they wanted to reclaim the share of authority they had lost during the war. They felt the powers of the Executive Branch had grown too much due to the war.
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Which people or groups wanted Reconstruction policy to be the most forgiving for the former confederate states?
President Andrew Johnson wanted the Reconstruction policy to be more forgiving to the former confederate states. Members of the Republican party did not like this.
The war hawks members of Congress who encouraged President Madison to go to war with Britain were led by?
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
Who are the four statutory members of the National Security Council?
The National Security Council is chaired by the President. Its statutory members, in addition to the President, are the Vice President and the Secretaries of State and Defense.
What did the Military Reconstruction Acts call for?
NO, they forced states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment before being allowed congressional members.
Indicate how the disputed Hayes-tilden election of 1876 lead to the compromise of 1877and the end of reconstruction?
The Hayes-Tilden election of 1876 was controversial due to the fact that the two presidential nominees, Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes, were in an election deadlock. The final decision for which candidate would win the election was to be made by the result of electoral returns from three undecided states. However, each state sent back two sets of returns- one Democratic and one Republican. The dilemma in this was of who would could these returns- if counted by the president of a Senate (a Republican), the Republican returns would be chosen and if counted by the Speaker of the House (a Democrat), the Democratic returns would be chosen. The solution to this was given by Congress, which ordered that the election deadlock was to be broken by the Electoral Count Act, where an electoral commission of 15 men selected from the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court would count the electoral returns. When the returns from Florida were given to the electoral commission, the members (8 Republicans and 7 Democrats) agreed to accept the Republican returns. Sensing defeat, members of the commission struck a deal to accept the remaining Republican returns (allowing Hayes to become president), while Democrats were assured a spot at the presidential patronage trough and were to receive support for a bill to subsidize the construction of a southern transcontinental line. This was called the Compromise of 1877. With Hayes now the new president, he established a new "Let 'em Alone" policy, which removed federal troops that had been placed by the previous president to promote equality, and thus ended Reconstruction. Had the disputed Hayes-Tilden election of 1876 not taken place, the electoral commission would not have been set up to resolve the dilemma. Without the electoral commission, the Compromise of 1877 to accept the Republican returns would not have occurred, Hayes would not have become president, and he would not have been in such a position of power to end Reconstruction.
Why did many members of Congress oppose President Lincoln and plan for Reconstruction?
the president had overstepped his powers
In the years after reconstruction many members of congress believed that the president should?
confine himself to enforcing laws passed by congress
How did members of the congress react to lincolns plan?
m.,
Plains Indian In the years after reconstruction many members of Congress believed that the president should?
confine himself to enforcing laws passed by congress
What powers do citizens have and selecting the president and members of Congress?
The citizens vote for the President AND Congress.
What are the names of Congress members during Abraham Lincolns presidency?
This is available on many websites devoted to US political history.
Who is selected through the electoral colleges the president or the members of congress?
The president
It is more difficult to report on Congress then the president because?
there are more members of congress
Who can nominate applicants for the Naval Academy?
The President, the Vice President, and members of Congress.
What was a term used to identify members of Congress who felt that presidential reconstruction was too lenient?
Radical Republican
It is more difficult to report on Congress than on the president because?
there are more members in congress
Who has the authority to impeach government officials including the president and vice president judges members of Congress and department of directors?
Congress
