Reconstruction was the period right after the Civil War
Lincoln only demanded that 10% of voters in southern states pledged allegiance to the union
Radical Republicans criticized Lincolns inaction and leniency
They wanted to insure that newly freed blacks were given rights and were protected by the government
Lincoln was assassinated, causing southern sympathizer Andrew Johnson to become president
Radical republicans gained control of congress by ⅔, so Johnson’s vetoes no longer counted
All states had to adopt the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments
Congress did not secure land for black people, so white people and an economic advantage
Some Northerners migrated to the south and became nicknamed "carpetbaggers"
Some southerners allied with carpetbaggers and black people and were nicknamed "scalawags"
Freedmen's bureau was set up to make sure that black people were getting rights
New state governments were Republican
Passed civil rights legislation
Courts, school systems, and judicial procedures were created and improved
Segregation still existed but it was flexible
Democratic Party was the party of white supremacy
Ku Klux Klan used violence to restore white supremacy in many states
Freedmen’s bureau gave aid to former slaves and poor whites in the south, and established schools, hospitals, industrial institutes and teacher-training centers
Johnson vetoed the Freedmen’s bureau act and Civil Rights act
Civil rights act gave African Americans citizenship and prevented states from passing discriminatory laws
Moderate republicans and Radicals banded together to override Johnson’s decisions, and drafted the Fourteenth Amendment which did not specifically give African Americans the vote, but stated that a State would lose an equal percentage of its congressional seats as the percentage of citizens kept from voting
Fourteenth amendment made the issue of citizenship a national issue, not a state issue
Dred Scott Decision set the precedent before that Blacks were not citizens