The Reconstruction Era was when America first let black men, and white men live together. It is also when the Federal Government decided to let the Southern States back in. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln decided to appoint military governors to re-establish the Southern states that were recaptured by the Union Army. That meant trouble. The most important thing that Lincoln made clear was that the re-admittance was that the minimum of 10 percent of the voting population in 1860, was to take an oath of allegiance to the Union. The anti slavery congressmen, who were also known as the radicals, criticized Lincoln heavily. He was then murdered in april of 1865.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was the first United States federal law to define US citizenship. …show more content…
Two candidates who were major at the time ran for president. Their names were Rutherford B. Hayes(republican), and Samuel J. Tilden(democrat). Tilden won the popular vote. He had a total of 4,284,020 votes! Hayes has 4,036,572. Three Southern states had voted, and one Western state voted. Their votes had not been counted. Ironically Hayes was supposed to win, but unfortunately for him the republicans claimed that the democrats had used fraud. Intimidation, and violence in the southern states. So, they threw out a lot of the democratic votes. In the South, eventually, Hayes became …show more content…
The violent opposition between the South and the North’s “withdrawal” from its commitment to equality ended it. The Nation was prepared to leave its commitment to equality for all citizens, no matter the race. But of course, there was more madness to come. There was the raise of Jim Crows laws. The odd thing is, Jim Crow was not a person. This was a “government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the United States.” Which happened to be named from a song. These laws barred African Americans from a social status that was equal to whites. The weird thing is, during reconstruction the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment gave African Americans freedom, the right to vote, and citizenship! So, the nation got back on its feet and came back to destroy all that nonsense. The civil rights act of 1875 made it ILLEGAL to segregate schools, social places like the shops and bathrooms, modes of transportation, and
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was the first United States federal law to define US citizenship. …show more content…
Two candidates who were major at the time ran for president. Their names were Rutherford B. Hayes(republican), and Samuel J. Tilden(democrat). Tilden won the popular vote. He had a total of 4,284,020 votes! Hayes has 4,036,572. Three Southern states had voted, and one Western state voted. Their votes had not been counted. Ironically Hayes was supposed to win, but unfortunately for him the republicans claimed that the democrats had used fraud. Intimidation, and violence in the southern states. So, they threw out a lot of the democratic votes. In the South, eventually, Hayes became …show more content…
The violent opposition between the South and the North’s “withdrawal” from its commitment to equality ended it. The Nation was prepared to leave its commitment to equality for all citizens, no matter the race. But of course, there was more madness to come. There was the raise of Jim Crows laws. The odd thing is, Jim Crow was not a person. This was a “government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the United States.” Which happened to be named from a song. These laws barred African Americans from a social status that was equal to whites. The weird thing is, during reconstruction the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment gave African Americans freedom, the right to vote, and citizenship! So, the nation got back on its feet and came back to destroy all that nonsense. The civil rights act of 1875 made it ILLEGAL to segregate schools, social places like the shops and bathrooms, modes of transportation, and