Full presidential pardons to most confederate officers who: 1. took oath of allegiance to the Union/Constitution 2. accepted the emancipation of slaves

A state government could be accepted by the president if 10% of voters in a state took a loyalty oath

Lenient to shorten the war and enforce the emancipation proclamation

Instead of 10% plan, required 50% of voters of a state to take a loyalty oath, permitted only non-confederates to vote for a new state constitution

Lincoln did not sign, pocket veto

Acted as early welfare agency, providing food, shelter, medical aid for those destitute by the war

Originally could resettle blacks on confiscated land, but President Johnson pardoned the confederate owners so the land was given back to them

Success in education, General Oliver O. Howard, 3000 schools for freed blacks

Served as escape clause from 1865 reconstruction proclamation which stated that all former leaders and officeholders of the confederacy and confederates with more than $20,000 in taxable property could not vote or hold office.

Prohibited blacks from renting land or borrowing money to buy land

Placed freedmen into semi bondage by forcing them as “vagrants” and “apprentices” to sign work contracts

Prohibited blacks from testifying against whites in court

Rejected bill increasing services and protection offered by Freedmen's Bureau and civil rights bill that nullified Black Codes and offered citizenship/equal rights to African Americans

Congressional reconstruction to override Johnson's vetos of Freedmen's Bureau Act and first Civil Rights act

General

Congress

1st time states had to uphold the rights of citizens

2/3 republican majority in the house and senate

Increased requirements to rejoin the Union -- Had to ratify 14th amendmentFranchise (right to vote) to all adult males, regardless of race

South placed under military occupation, divided into 5 military districts

Andrew Johnson dismissed Secretary of War Stanton, which was against the Tenure of Office act which stated that the President could not remove federal officials or military commanders without the approval of the Senate

Impeached by the House, but the Senate was one vote short

States cannot deny or abridge citizens right to vote

Equal accommodation in public places and prohibited courts from excluding African Americans from juries