After President Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Andrew Johnson became president. As a result of Lincoln's assassination, most Northerners felt that harsher means were going to be necessary. At the very beginning of Johnson's term, he granted 13, 000 pardons in merely 6 months. By doing so, he allowed the ex-Confederate leaders to gain access to the political scene. The opposition to Johnson's beliefs thus began. Many of the Southern States refused to ratify the 13th amendment which would end slavery. This opposition of belief then began what is known as Radical Reconstruction. While Johnson was in this first term, he was able to openly opp

As well as Congresses successful opposition to President Johnson was the hostile Southern resistance. Many hostile groups such as the Klu Klux Klan and the BLANK of the white Camellion committed horrible crimes against the freedman and supporters of the Radical Reconstruction. Also, rifle clubs contributed to the violence by providing weapons to hate filled southerners. As well as hostile groups such as the ones that committed crimes, the economic suffrage towards the freedman added to the failure of Radical Reconstruction. Although slaves were now free, freedman were still forced into labor if they wanted to live. Also , the people for whom the freedman were employed were able to successfully lessen the rights of the freedmen by not extending store creidt, and imposing threatening consequences to the ac

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