President Andrew Johnson's plan for reconstruction offered pardon and amnesty to participants in the rebellion who pledged loyalty to the Union. Andrew Johnson succeeded Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated in April of 1865.
Return the South to its prewar system, minus slavery
reunite the South with the North quickly.
The Reconstruction period under President Johnson occurred after the end of the Civil War. His plan was to reconstruct the infrastructure of the South. President Johnson did this by granting amnesty and returning lands to former Confederates that pledge loyalty to the Union. He was lenient towards the South and blocked attempts to pass punitive legislation.
also known as the knights of the guild, the titans of industry was formed by Andrew Johnson to help rebuild the south during the reconstruction period. The titans of industry were composed of northern as well as pro slavery owners of the south
In response to tariffs laid on South Carolina by President Andrew Jackson, a number of South Carolina citizens endorsed the states' rights to nullification of tariffs. South Carolina declared the tariffs of of 1828 and 1832 null and void through the Ordinance of Nullification. This led to President Jackson sending a small amount of naval vessels to South Carolina in November 1832.
The states in the South had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
it was easier on former confederate states
it was easier on former confederate states
it was easier on former confederate states (apex)
After the death of President Lincoln, the then Vice-President Andrew Johnson became President. He decided to not follow Lincoln's plan of reconstruction of the South, opting to create his own.
The states in the South had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.
either white wealthy planters, federal troops, or black republicans
President Andrew Johnson stopped punitive actions against the South. He pardoned hundreds of Confederate officers and returned confiscated lands back to plantation owners. He gutted the Freedman Bureau of power and funding and abruptly proclaimed reconstruction over in 1865. His actions angered the radical Republicans.
Andrew Johnson oversaw the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson wanted to punish the Southerners during Reconstruction. However, Lincoln was against this tactic and chose a more diplomatic approach.
Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant were the Presidents during the reconstruction period. Reconstruction is usually considered to have ended when Rutherford Hayes took office or soon afterward.
President Andrew Johnson tried to enact Lincoln's more lenient Reconstruction plan, but the Republican Congress was determined to prevent the South from returning to its old ways. When Johnson fired his Secretary of War over disagreements, it led to his impeachment, and he narrowly retained the Presidency. "Radical Reconstruction" was soon underway, with military governors taking control of the states of the former Confederacy.