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Presidential Reconstruction (1865-67)

Presidential Reconstruction (1865-67). radical and moderate Republicans. radical and moderate Republicans. Congress and the President. Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill. Congress and the President. Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866.

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Presidential Reconstruction (1865-67)

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  1. Presidential Reconstruction (1865-67)

  2. radical and moderate Republicans

  3. radical and moderate Republicans

  4. Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill

  5. Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866

  6. Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both

  7. Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both • Congress overrides vetoes

  8. Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both • Congress overrides vetoes • Congress passes the Fourteenth Amendment

  9. Congressional Reconstruction(1867-77)

  10. Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both • Congress overrides vetoes • Congress passes the Fourteenth Amendment • Congress passes the Reconstruction Act of 1867

  11. territories, radical Reconstruction (1868)

  12. Reconstruction Act of 1867 • new state constitutional conventions • delegates must sign iron-clad oath • constitution must provide manhood suffrage • state legislature must ratify fourteenth amendment

  13. reconstruction plans and policies

  14. the Fifteenth Amendment The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation

  15. African-American men voting for the first time

  16. African-American Officeholding

  17. African-American delegation to Congress

  18. Blanche K. Bruce and Hiram Revels (first African-American senators)

  19. goals of Republican state governments • government for all people

  20. goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • law hospitable to African Americans

  21. goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • law hospitable to African Americans • public works hospitable to African Americans

  22. goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • government with new purposes

  23. goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • government with new purposes • providing aid to the needy

  24. goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • government with new purposes • providing aid to the needy • creating conditions for economic prosperity

  25. waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power

  26. waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power • longstanding desire for sectional reunion

  27. waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power • longstanding desire for sectional reunion • partisan interest in white voters (Republicans)

  28. waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power • longstanding desire for sectional reunion • partisan interest in white voters (Republicans) • business interest in black laboring class (Republicans)

  29. Redemption(1869-77)

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