The Problems Of Peace: Reconstruction After The Civil War
I. The Problems of Peace
I.After the war, there were many questions over what to do with the free Blacks, such as how to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union, what to do with Jefferson Davis, and who would be in charge of Reconstruction?
II.The Southern way of life had been ruined, as crops and farms were destroyed, the slaves had been freed, the cities were burnt down, but still, and many Southerners remained defiant.
II. Freedmen Define Freedom
I.At first, the freed Blacks faced a confusing situation, as many slave owners re-enslaved their slaves after Union troops left.
Other planters resisted emancipation through legal means, citing that emancipation wasn’t valid until local or state courts declared it.
II.Some slaves loyally stuck to their owners …show more content…
IX. Swinging ‘Round the Circle with Johnson
I.In 1866, Republicans would not allow Reconstruction to be carried on without the 14th Amendment, and as election time approached, Johnson wanted to lower the amount of Republicans in Congress, so he began a series of ‘Round the Circle speeches.
II.However, as he was heckled by the audience, he hurled back insults, gave “give ‘em hell” speeches, and generally denounced the radicals, and in the process, he gave Republicans more men in Congress than they had before—the opposite of his original intention.
X. Republican Principles and Programs
I.By then, the Republicans had a veto-proof Congress and nearly unlimited control over Reconstruction, but moderates and radicals still couldn’t agree with one another.
II.In the Senate, the leader of the radicals was Charles Sumner, long since recovered from his caning by Preston Brooks, and in the House, the radical leader was Thaddeus Stevens, an old, sour man who was an unswerving friend of the
I.After the war, there were many questions over what to do with the free Blacks, such as how to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union, what to do with Jefferson Davis, and who would be in charge of Reconstruction?
II.The Southern way of life had been ruined, as crops and farms were destroyed, the slaves had been freed, the cities were burnt down, but still, and many Southerners remained defiant.
II. Freedmen Define Freedom
I.At first, the freed Blacks faced a confusing situation, as many slave owners re-enslaved their slaves after Union troops left.
Other planters resisted emancipation through legal means, citing that emancipation wasn’t valid until local or state courts declared it.
II.Some slaves loyally stuck to their owners …show more content…
IX. Swinging ‘Round the Circle with Johnson
I.In 1866, Republicans would not allow Reconstruction to be carried on without the 14th Amendment, and as election time approached, Johnson wanted to lower the amount of Republicans in Congress, so he began a series of ‘Round the Circle speeches.
II.However, as he was heckled by the audience, he hurled back insults, gave “give ‘em hell” speeches, and generally denounced the radicals, and in the process, he gave Republicans more men in Congress than they had before—the opposite of his original intention.
X. Republican Principles and Programs
I.By then, the Republicans had a veto-proof Congress and nearly unlimited control over Reconstruction, but moderates and radicals still couldn’t agree with one another.
II.In the Senate, the leader of the radicals was Charles Sumner, long since recovered from his caning by Preston Brooks, and in the House, the radical leader was Thaddeus Stevens, an old, sour man who was an unswerving friend of the