Radicals who were for the reconstruction providing all equality for blacks were furious by Johnson. The Radical Republicans Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Summer wanted to deny the former Confederates the right to vote and keep them from being able to reelect. By the end of 1865 Radical Republicans gained the majority in congress. Johnson then gave an announcement that said the South was restored to the UNion. He thought that the last step to the reconstruction phases was for the Congress to allow new elected southern representatives in the house of Senate.
Johnson began a war with the Congress over the reconstruction when he vetoed a bill that would renew the funding towards the Freedmen’s Bureau and allow the federal agency to provide homes and schools to former slaves in South. In 1866 the Civil Rights Act announced that everyone born in the United States besides Indians were citizens and would have the benefits of all laws. Congress also overid Johnson's vetoes that were made and Johnson lost all support. This led to white mobs murdering many African Americans in the South. This violent act was all due to African American protests over the restrictive laws being passed. The black codes became popular and they were codes that required that adult …show more content…
Rutherford B. Hayes made secret deal with many of the Republicans. In 1877 Ohio Republicans and southern Democrats had a private bargain and this was the Compromise of 1877, “The Compromise of 1877 resolved the tumult that had arisen following the 1876 presidential election. In that election, Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden of New York won 247,448 more popular votes than Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio”(khanacademy.com). The Republicans made a promise that if Hayes became president he would remove all the federal troops out of the
Johnson began a war with the Congress over the reconstruction when he vetoed a bill that would renew the funding towards the Freedmen’s Bureau and allow the federal agency to provide homes and schools to former slaves in South. In 1866 the Civil Rights Act announced that everyone born in the United States besides Indians were citizens and would have the benefits of all laws. Congress also overid Johnson's vetoes that were made and Johnson lost all support. This led to white mobs murdering many African Americans in the South. This violent act was all due to African American protests over the restrictive laws being passed. The black codes became popular and they were codes that required that adult …show more content…
Rutherford B. Hayes made secret deal with many of the Republicans. In 1877 Ohio Republicans and southern Democrats had a private bargain and this was the Compromise of 1877, “The Compromise of 1877 resolved the tumult that had arisen following the 1876 presidential election. In that election, Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden of New York won 247,448 more popular votes than Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio”(khanacademy.com). The Republicans made a promise that if Hayes became president he would remove all the federal troops out of the