Reconstruction Era
By Tanesha Smith
Thaddeus Stevens
Andrew Johnson
Johnson makes a plan called "Johnson Plan" and is known as presidential reconstruction.
Southern states would have to withdraw secession,swear loyalty to union, annual war debts ratify 13th Amendment.
President Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act.
Johnson finished his term with no legitimate power.
Andrew Johnson
13th Amendment
Andrew Johnson
Freedman’s Bureau
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S federal government agency that aided distressed freedman (freed slaves) during the Reconstruction Era of the United States. The Freedman's Bureau Bill, which established the Freedmen's Bureau on March 3, 1865, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. The Freedmen's Bureau was an important agency of the early Reconstruction , assisting freedmen in the South. The Bureau was part of the United States Department of War. Headed by Union Army General Oliver O. Howard the Bureau started operations in 1865. Throughout the first year, it became clear that these tasks were more difficult than had been previously believed as conservative Southerners established Black Codes detrimental to African American civil rights.