Presidential Reconstruction

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Presidential_Reconstruction
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:beganIn 1865
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Radical_Republicans
being too lenient
gptkbp:endDate gptkb:Reconstruction_Acts_of_1867
1867
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Congressional_Reconstruction
gptkbp:goal reintegrate former Confederate states
restore Southern states to the Union
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Presidential Reconstruction
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent Johnson's impeachment
Johnson's vetoes of civil rights legislation
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:policy lenient terms for Southern states
pardon for many former Confederates
required acceptance of 13th Amendment
required loyalty oaths
restoration of property (except slaves)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Black_Codes_in_the_South
conflict with Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4