How Did African Americans Sought To Deal With Reconstruction
What were the central issues that Reconstruction sought to deal with?
• They were issues with reestablishing the government under the union. President Lincoln issued the “Ten Percent Plan” the plan entailed that 10% of the state voters took the oath pledging their loyalty to the union, then they would be able to establish a new state government and apply for federal recognition.
What did the freed people hope to achieve? What were their goals did they achieve them?
• African-American slaves were adjusting to their newfound freedom. Many were told they would receive their own land after the war ended. General William T. Sherman enacted “Special Field Order No. 15” which 400,000 acres of abandoned land was given to the freedmen in 40 acre plots. Others were leased land through the Freedman’s Bureau. (Some of those plots were taken back by their original owner due them pledging their loyalty to the union.)
Also building and creating schools and colleges for the freedmen. Working with charities and the Freedmen’s Bureau they were over 3,000 schools across the south by 1870.
Was the Congressional …show more content…
Those newly elected officials passed laws know as Black Codes which restricted the rights of the freedmen. In January of 1866 when Congress reconvened the Republicans refused to admit the newly elected senators and representatives from the states Johnson found “reconstructed “. Then Congress passed two bills one giving more power the Freedman’s Bureau then second was the Civil Rights Act declaring all African Americans and persons born in the United States ( minus Native Americans) citizen’s. Those bills did little to stop the rise of violence against African-Americans in the
• They were issues with reestablishing the government under the union. President Lincoln issued the “Ten Percent Plan” the plan entailed that 10% of the state voters took the oath pledging their loyalty to the union, then they would be able to establish a new state government and apply for federal recognition.
What did the freed people hope to achieve? What were their goals did they achieve them?
• African-American slaves were adjusting to their newfound freedom. Many were told they would receive their own land after the war ended. General William T. Sherman enacted “Special Field Order No. 15” which 400,000 acres of abandoned land was given to the freedmen in 40 acre plots. Others were leased land through the Freedman’s Bureau. (Some of those plots were taken back by their original owner due them pledging their loyalty to the union.)
Also building and creating schools and colleges for the freedmen. Working with charities and the Freedmen’s Bureau they were over 3,000 schools across the south by 1870.
Was the Congressional …show more content…
Those newly elected officials passed laws know as Black Codes which restricted the rights of the freedmen. In January of 1866 when Congress reconvened the Republicans refused to admit the newly elected senators and representatives from the states Johnson found “reconstructed “. Then Congress passed two bills one giving more power the Freedman’s Bureau then second was the Civil Rights Act declaring all African Americans and persons born in the United States ( minus Native Americans) citizen’s. Those bills did little to stop the rise of violence against African-Americans in the