US history
President Andrew Johnson wanted the country to reunite also presidential Reconstruction but the congress passed the reconstruction act of 1867 which undid all the things Johnson completed so Johnson dismissed Stanton, once dismissed congress brought impeachment charges against Johnson.
Radical Republicans wanted to be in control of the south to stop them from returning to its pre-civil war ways with the wade-davis bill but instead Lincoln didn’t want such a strict bill so he refused to sign it into law so the bill was automatically vetoed and prevented the bill from becoming a law.
Southern Democrats wanted to seceded states to regain full rights but African Americans became democrat, so most switched to republican and ended up basically changing beliefs.
The main cause for the reconstruction of the divided republicans at the end of the Civil war was rebuild the governments of the southern states using the governments of the northern states as models
Radical Reconstruction led to new state constitutions and Republican-controlled state governments in the South. Former Union General Ulysses S. Grant, a Republican, won the 1868 presidential election. As each state met the requirements, the president gradually began withdrawing federal troops; it was those troops who had helped enforce Reconstruction policies and protect freedmen's rights.
Southerners resented the congressional and military rule. Northern business owners began to worry more about protecting their own interests in the South from further conflict. The 1872 Amnesty Act gave pardons to most white Southerners who had supported the Confederacy, including Confederate soldiers. They could now vote and hold office. Democrats started their return to local and state government positions and would soon regain majority control in Southern state legislatures.
The final blow to Reconstruction policy was the election of 1876. Rutherford B. Hayes, a Republican, ran against Democrat Samuel Tilden for the
Radical Republicans wanted to be in control of the south to stop them from returning to its pre-civil war ways with the wade-davis bill but instead Lincoln didn’t want such a strict bill so he refused to sign it into law so the bill was automatically vetoed and prevented the bill from becoming a law.
Southern Democrats wanted to seceded states to regain full rights but African Americans became democrat, so most switched to republican and ended up basically changing beliefs.
The main cause for the reconstruction of the divided republicans at the end of the Civil war was rebuild the governments of the southern states using the governments of the northern states as models
Radical Reconstruction led to new state constitutions and Republican-controlled state governments in the South. Former Union General Ulysses S. Grant, a Republican, won the 1868 presidential election. As each state met the requirements, the president gradually began withdrawing federal troops; it was those troops who had helped enforce Reconstruction policies and protect freedmen's rights.
Southerners resented the congressional and military rule. Northern business owners began to worry more about protecting their own interests in the South from further conflict. The 1872 Amnesty Act gave pardons to most white Southerners who had supported the Confederacy, including Confederate soldiers. They could now vote and hold office. Democrats started their return to local and state government positions and would soon regain majority control in Southern state legislatures.
The final blow to Reconstruction policy was the election of 1876. Rutherford B. Hayes, a Republican, ran against Democrat Samuel Tilden for the