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Radical Republicans Take over Reconstruction!

Radical Republicans Take over Reconstruction!. Civil Rights Act 1866

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Radical Republicans Take over Reconstruction!

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  1. Radical Republicans Take over Reconstruction!

  2. Civil Rights Act 1866 Such citizens, of every race and color, and without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, ... shall have the same right in every state and territory in the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property, as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. **Johnson vetoeod this bill because he believed it to be “unconstitutional”

  3. Reconstruction amendments to the U.S. Constitution , 1865-1870.

  4. Radical Reconstruction Began FIRST RECONSTRUCTION ACT PASSED OVER JOHNSON'S VETO MARCH 1867 • This act divided the former confederate states into five military districts under the supervision of army generals and subject to martial laws. • Each southern state had to ratify the 14thAmendment. • Each state had to adopt a new constitution disqualifying former Confederate officials from holding public office. • Each state had to guarantee Black men the right to vote.

  5. In 1865 and 1866 African Americans held mass meetings and conventions throughout the South demanding equality and the right to vote. The majority took place in locations occupied by Union troops.

  6. The Forty-First and Forty-Second Congress (1869-1873) included Black members for the first time in American history. A total of sixteen Blacks served in Congress during Reconstruction. This commemorative print issued at the time portrays Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi, and representatives Robert DeLarge of South Carolina, Jefferson Long of Georgia, Benjamin Turner of Alabama, Josiah Walls of Florida, and Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott of South Carolina.

  7. The Ku Klux Klan In December of 1865, the same month that Congress passed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, a group of ex-Confederate soldiers in Tennessee formed a secret society of white men, dedicated to resisting laws giving blacks the same rights as whites. The society grew rapidly and soon the KKK and similar groups were spreading terror throughout the former Confederate states.

  8. Their targets also included whites who supported rights for African Americans.

  9. Methods used to stop Blacks from voting after reconstruction included:

  10. RADICAL REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TAKE CONTROL OF RECONSTRUCTION

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