Presidential Reconstruction Flashcards
What was presidential reconstruction?
Another plan for reconstruction after the civil war
Presidential reconstruction is a copy of __________ with a few tweaks
Lincoln’s ten percent plan
What does presidential reconstruction want to allow?
The south to rejoin the union as quickly as possible
Who does presidential reconstruction want to pledge allegiance to the Union?
10% of a state’s population and 100% of plantation owners
Why does Andrew Johnson really want to punish the plantation owners?
They were the ones that wanted to leave
Andrew Johnson wants more powerful state rights to do what?
Take power from the federal government
Andrew Johnson prefers a ___ economic system instead of a ____ economy.
Laissez- faire; government controlled
What is laissez-faire?
The government needs to lag off tariffs and taxes.
Why did Andrew Johnson prefer laissez-fair?
If he didn’t, congress would have put a lot of taxes and tariffs on the south.
Andrew Johnson felt that the government should stay away from what?
Social issues and let the people decide.
Presidential reconstruction refused to do what?
Dissolve the plantation system
Reorganize the southern economy
Protect the civil liberties of freedmen
Who does Andrew Johnson pardon? Who does he not?
Does: nearly every political and military person in the south
Does not: General Lee and Jefferson Davis
What did Andrew Johnson believe was detrimental to society as a whole?
Targeting specific groups of people for special assistance (social, economic, religious, etc)
What happened while congress was on recess?
Andrew Johnson returned all land back to the southerners
AJ pulled the plug on Freedmen’s bureau
All stages of the south were back in the country as long as they agreed to the 13th amendment (no slaves)
He cancels reconstruction
What good comes out of presidential reconstruction?
States got laws
