Stevens' policy, primarily through the Reconstruction Acts, aimed to punish the South by imposing military rule and requiring Southern states to draft new constitutions that guaranteed civil rights for freed slaves. This included the requirement for states to ratify the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship and equal protection under the law. Additionally, Southern states faced restrictions on their political power and were often forced to allow African Americans to participate in the political process, undermining the pre-war social order. Overall, these measures were intended to prevent former Confederates from regaining power and to ensure the rights of newly freed individuals.
The state sponsored policy was called 'apartheid'.
Apartheid was the official policy of the Southern African government that separated whites and blacks. The policy was heavily criticized by the international community and was eventually abandoned in 1991, though blacks in South Africa were not able to vote in elections until 1993.
Apartheid
yes
reunite the South with the North quickly.
Yes, he wanted to punish the South.
Yes, he wanted to punish the South.
It didn't.
Yes, they wanted to punish the South and treat them as a defeated enemy rather than trying to get the back into the union as painlessly as possible,
radical republicans
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans.
Punish the South
The reconstruction plan that placed the South under military rule and aimed to punish it for secession was implemented during the Radical Reconstruction period, primarily associated with Congress and leaders like Thaddeus Stevens. This approach involved the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867, which divided the South into military districts governed by Union generals. The goal was to enforce civil rights for freed slaves and ensure political compliance from Southern states, reflecting a desire to hold the South accountable for the Civil War.
Matias Stevens was born on July 23, 1978, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1962-1745
South, Vice President of the Confederate States of America.