because the president wanted the counrty to be better included the south
The conservative Southern party that opposed the changes of Reconstruction was known as the Whigs. While the party itself was defunct before the Civil War even began, the Whig ideology persisted in policymaking into Reconstruction.
President Andrew Johnson firmly opposed to the Fourteenth Amendment and recommended the former Confederate States not to ratify the same if it were to become a law. This opposition outraged the Congress, which in March 1867 passed the Reconstruction Act that imposed its will on the South by diktat.
Outlawing the Black Codes Passing the First Reconstruction Act Passing the Civil Rights Act
They would be divided into military districts headed by union generals
4 parts of reconstruction act of 1867
4 parts of reconstruction act of 1867
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was introduced by President Andrew Johnson.
in 1867
The Congress, in March 1867
1867
Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867
March 2, 1867
1867 reconstruction act
because they felt like it
African American Men's got to vote.
President Andrew Jackson restricted African American rights during reconstruction. Blacks were excluded from southern politics. Radical Reconstruction occurred from 1867 to 1877