Difference Between Presidential Reconstruction And Radical Reconstruction

The end of the Civil war marked the beginning of a new sense of freedom. Before, freedom in the United States had referred to Americans fighting for independence, but now a new meaning of it in which all living in the nation would not be enslaved. Since the civil war was a focus on slavery, this meant that the purpose was to give African Americans equal opportunities, which started with freeing them. The reconstruction era had two phases: presidential reconstruction and radical reconstruction. During the presidential reconstruction of Andrew Johnson, his presidency was lenient, in which the black codes were common in the south. Consequently, although blacks were "free", their activities were limited and it was designed in a way that they were