Back to category: History Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Reconstruction Reconstruction is defined in the textbook as, post Civil War policies whereby the freedomen, abolitionists, and radical Republican politicians hoped to make changes in the South that would ensure political equality for the freedomen and grant them greater economic rights. In actuality, this is not what it had accomplished. After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson took over the Presidency and established his own set of regulations for the Reconstruction. His plan was to offer amnesty to some, not all, of the Southerners, and in return they had to honor the Constitution. The exceptions to the rule were, Confederate officials, and wealthy planters. The Co... Posted by: Sheryl Hogges Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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