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Oct 21, 2013 R.A.W. How did President Johnson and Congress differ in their approach to reconstruction? . AIM :17 How did Congress and President Johnson differ in their approach to Reconstruction?. I. Johnson ’ s Plan. (Restoration)
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Oct 21, 2013R.A.W. How did President Johnson and Congress differ in their approach to reconstruction? AIM:17 How did Congress and President Johnson differ in their approach to Reconstruction?
I. Johnson’s Plan • (Restoration) • President Johnson wishes to follow Lincoln’s plan. (Easy on the Southerners.) • Congress distrusts Johnson because he is a southerner.
Pardons for all Confederate leaders granted by President Johnson himself.
Radical Republicans! VERY HARSH ON THE SOUTHERNERS!!
II.RadicalRepublicans • Divide the south into 5 temporary military zones controlled by the U.S. Army • Suffrage to African American males • Ratification of the 14th Amendment Citizenship & equal protection under the law • Former Confederate officers are not allowed to vote or hold office.
III. The Freedman’s Bureau • Organization set up in 1865 as part of the army to help freed slaves adjust to freedom. • Clothes, medical supplies, food, shelter. • EDUCATION • Johnson Vetoes the bureau.