The Reconstruction Amendments

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The Reconstruction Amendments

• 13th Abolished Slavery
• 14th Guaranteed citizenship and equal rights to
  all Americans
• 15th No disqualifying people from voting based
  on race.

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Getting around the 15th Amendment After
Reconstruction

• 1.) Poll Tax
• 2.) Grandfather Clause said you can only vote
  if your Grandfather did.
• 3.) Literacy Test
• 4.) Intimidation

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Get out your HW

• 1.) black codes laws that restricted freedmans
  rights. They made life almost as bad as slavery
  curfews, forced people to work live in certain
  places, fined people for not working.
• 2.) 1866 passed Civil Rights Acts (outlawed
  black codes) 14th Amendment (guaranteed
  citizenship).

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• 3.) Congresss Reconstruction Plan opposed
  spread of black codes wanted to expand
  Republican Party in the South. Johnson was the
  opposite. Against military involvement.
• 4.) Congress tried to impeach Johnson. He wasnt
  convicted.
• 5.) Congress enforced the 15th Amendment by
  sending troops to the South. The result was that
  blacks voted other blacks into office.
• 6. Carpetbagger Northern Republican who moved
  to the post-War south for profit/power. Scalawag
  White Southern Republican. Considered traitors
  by other Southerners.

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Andrew Johnson and His Impeachment

• FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED

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Andrew Johnson and His Impeachment

• At the end, you will answer this question
• WHY WAS ANDREW JOHNSON REALLY IMPEACHED?

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Andrew Johnson and his Impeachment

• Impeachment
• 1868 fired Sec. of War Edwin Stanton, a
  radical Republican
• Violated the 1867 Tenure of Office Act (limited
  Presidents power to hire fire govt officials)

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Andrew Johnson His Impeachment

• Radical Republican Congress disliked him
• Radical Republican want black rights forcibly
  protected in the South

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Andrew Johnson and his Impeachment

• Impeachment Trial
• Tried for high crimes and misdemeanors
• Less than 2/3 of the Senate voted guilty
  (acquitted by 1 vote)

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Congressional (or Radical or Military)
Reconstruction

• Reconstruction Act (1867)
• Black equality is enforced with military
  presence.
• States had to ratify the 14th Amendment
• Temporarily barred supporters of the Confederacy
  from voting