What Role Did Political Time Play In Presidential Politics After 1874?
Weak Presidency: Johnson to McKinley: Chapter 7
To think about: What role did “political time” play in presidential politics after 1874?
A few days after the civil War ended, President Lincoln was assassinated and never had the chance to implement his Reconstruction plan. The Reconstruction Era occurred in the period of 1865 to 1877 under the reign of President Andrew Johnson who was the predecessor of President Lincoln. Congress was not scheduled to convene until December 1865, which gave Johnson eight months to pursue his own Reconstruction policies. Under his Reconstruction policies, the former Confederate states were required to join back into the Union and heal the wounds of the nation. Although slavery had been outlawed by the Thirteenth …show more content…
The Radical Republicans of Congress did not agree with Johnson and his plans for Restoration. They had different beliefs about the South and started "Radical Reconstruction which committed to civil rights for blacks. The Radicals refused to seat any Senator or Representative from the old Confederacy. Radical Reconstruction included laws that required states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be readmitted to the Union. Recognizing the widespread devastation in the South, Congress created the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Freedmen’s Bureau engaged in many initiatives to ease the transition from slavery to freedom. It helped freed people gain labor contracts, and devoted much energy to …show more content…
In 1874, after an economic depression plunged much of the South into poverty, Democrats regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since before the Civil War. With control of the House, the Democrats immediately launched more investigations into the presidential scandals and discovered further evidence of corruption. President Ulysses S. Grant made sure that the government intervened against political violence. A primary focus of Grant’s administration was Reconstruction, and he worked to reunite the North and South while also attempting to protect the civil rights of newly freed black slaves. President Rutherford B. Hayes ended Reconstruction within his first year in office by withdrawing federal troops from the last two occupied states South Carolina and Louisiana. He proposed civil service reform measures. Presidents are known to transform American politics in their own image. During the civil war, presidents faced the challenge of providing justice for African Americans. Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes responded to the complex issues presented during that era with their own version of
To think about: What role did “political time” play in presidential politics after 1874?
A few days after the civil War ended, President Lincoln was assassinated and never had the chance to implement his Reconstruction plan. The Reconstruction Era occurred in the period of 1865 to 1877 under the reign of President Andrew Johnson who was the predecessor of President Lincoln. Congress was not scheduled to convene until December 1865, which gave Johnson eight months to pursue his own Reconstruction policies. Under his Reconstruction policies, the former Confederate states were required to join back into the Union and heal the wounds of the nation. Although slavery had been outlawed by the Thirteenth …show more content…
The Radical Republicans of Congress did not agree with Johnson and his plans for Restoration. They had different beliefs about the South and started "Radical Reconstruction which committed to civil rights for blacks. The Radicals refused to seat any Senator or Representative from the old Confederacy. Radical Reconstruction included laws that required states to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be readmitted to the Union. Recognizing the widespread devastation in the South, Congress created the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Freedmen’s Bureau engaged in many initiatives to ease the transition from slavery to freedom. It helped freed people gain labor contracts, and devoted much energy to …show more content…
In 1874, after an economic depression plunged much of the South into poverty, Democrats regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since before the Civil War. With control of the House, the Democrats immediately launched more investigations into the presidential scandals and discovered further evidence of corruption. President Ulysses S. Grant made sure that the government intervened against political violence. A primary focus of Grant’s administration was Reconstruction, and he worked to reunite the North and South while also attempting to protect the civil rights of newly freed black slaves. President Rutherford B. Hayes ended Reconstruction within his first year in office by withdrawing federal troops from the last two occupied states South Carolina and Louisiana. He proposed civil service reform measures. Presidents are known to transform American politics in their own image. During the civil war, presidents faced the challenge of providing justice for African Americans. Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes responded to the complex issues presented during that era with their own version of