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Presidential Reconstruction (1865-67). radical and moderate Republicans. radical and moderate Republicans. Congress and the President. Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill. Congress and the President. Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866.
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Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill
Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both
Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both • Congress overrides vetoes
Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both • Congress overrides vetoes • Congress passes the Fourteenth Amendment
Congress and the President • Congress passes Freedmen’s Bureau Bill • Congress passes Civil Rights Bill of 1866 • Johnson vetoes both • Congress overrides vetoes • Congress passes the Fourteenth Amendment • Congress passes the Reconstruction Act of 1867
Reconstruction Act of 1867 • new state constitutional conventions • delegates must sign iron-clad oath • constitution must provide manhood suffrage • state legislature must ratify fourteenth amendment
the Fifteenth Amendment The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation
Blanche K. Bruce and Hiram Revels (first African-American senators)
goals of Republican state governments • government for all people
goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • law hospitable to African Americans
goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • law hospitable to African Americans • public works hospitable to African Americans
goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • government with new purposes
goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • government with new purposes • providing aid to the needy
goals of Republican state governments • government for all people • government with new purposes • providing aid to the needy • creating conditions for economic prosperity
waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power
waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power • longstanding desire for sectional reunion
waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power • longstanding desire for sectional reunion • partisan interest in white voters (Republicans)
waning northern support for Reconstruction • longstanding skepticism about federal power • longstanding desire for sectional reunion • partisan interest in white voters (Republicans) • business interest in black laboring class (Republicans)