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Johnson's presitiental Reconstruction plan was fairly generous to the south

2007-10-01 11:47:08 · 2 answers · asked by maghadeera 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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That the plan was fairly generous is somewhat in the eye of the beholder. His amnesty proclamation (May 29, 1865) was more severe than Lincoln's; it disenfranchised all former military and civil officers of the Confederacy and all those who owned property worth $20,000 or more and made their estates liable to confiscation. The obvious intent was to shift political control in the South from the old planter aristocracy to the small farmers and artisans, and it promised to accomplish a revolution in Southern society.

Johnson put his plan into operation by, appointing provisional governors. Then, (under these appointed governors) the Southern states held conventions that voided or repealed their ordinances of secession, abolished slavery, and (except South Carolina) repudiated Confederate debts. While their new legislatures (except Mississippi) ratified the Thirteenth Amendment guaranteeing freedom for blacks, some of these legislatures rejected the 14th Amendment and those legislatures were replaced with appointed legislatures to ensure reconsideration and ratification of the 14th Amendment [1868].

These actions were clearly not constitutional and were only justified by the case of
Texas v. White [1869] where such federal actions were declared legal by ‘right of conquest.’

If such acts are to be considered ‘fairly generous’ the Founders would turnover in their graves..

2007-10-01 13:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by Randy 7 · 0 0

His plan was presitiental.
His plan was generous to the south.
His plan concerned Reconstruction.

Tell me if I'm right!

2007-10-01 18:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by allisonnnn :] 2 · 0 1

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