Reconstruction (Cont.)
Johnson vs. Congress

Johnson and Congress definitely have their differences, especially since Johnson is not only a Republican but a sympathetic Southerner facing Radical Republicans in Congress.


Military Reconstruction Act

Command of the Army Act

Tenure of Office Act

Johnson's Impeachment Trial

Unlikely alliance of Republicans and Democrats vs. Radicals

Outcome of Johnson Impeachment Trial

Political Terrorism and the Election of 1868

Election of 1868 -

Republican Ulysses S. Grant vs. Democrat Horatio Seymour

Campaign brings violence to the South

Grant's victory caused radicals to move toward voting rights for blacks

15th Amendment

1870, 1871 KKK Acts

1871 Persecution of Klansmen

Civil Rights Act of 1875

Black Reconstruction

Black Reconstruction - when Blacks took an active role in state and local government

Republican Party in the south

Blacks in Congress

Scalawags

Carpetbaggers

Education for Freed People

"Black Only" schools vs integrated schools

Integration vs Segregation

The funding of separate schools

Frederick Douglas' thoughts on segregated schools.

Division within the Republican party due to the issue of segregation in schools - white Republicans favored segregation