Reconstruction
After the Civil War racism was widespread throughout the south even though there was much effort by the North in creating equality throughout the newly reformed nation. Even though Reconstruction fell far short of its intended goals, the nation was reunited in the governmental sense and many laws were enacted in respects to the equality of blacks. While Congress passed amendments to eventually help future black generations, its actions could not immediately erase two centuries of the nation’s social habits. Both whites and African Americans had to hastily adjust to the customs of the new South and most found they had an extremely difficult time doing so.After the assassination of President Lincoln, the responsibility of Reconstruction was now in President Andrew Johnson’s hands. Johnson’s plan, a more lenient form of Lincoln’s, was to quickly restore the southern states to their rightful place in the Union. Johnson also arranged for ordinary white southerners to sign a loyalty oath to rightfully own their property again and regain their civil and political rights. In Johnson’s plans, former high-ranking Confederate officials had to apply for individual pardons, most of which Johnson wrote
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Approximate Word count = 1059
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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