Thursday, January 31, 2013

1/30 - 1/31 Class Update

Yesterday, we read the textbook to find out about different plans for Reconstruction. We looked at plans by Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and the radical Republicans. We also filled out a map about radical Reconstruction in the South from 1865-1870. President Lincoln had hoped to restore southern state governments to "successful operation" by December 1865. This didn't happen for more than a decade due to the Radical Republican rule, which put the South under military rule and divided the South into five districts, each of which were governed by a Northern general.

Today, we read Andrew Johnson's obituary from The New York Times, which was mostly a sketch of his career (it was very long). We also talked about the impeachment process.

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