How we treated the confederate leaders after they lost signaled forever who this country will allow to wreak havoc and why
How we treated the confederate leaders after they lost signaled forever who this country will allow to wreak havoc and why
Lincoln was assassinated before he was able to bring a closure to the Civil War. People forget that Lincoln's Vice President was a SOUTHERNER, chosen to try to bring the country together, but a weak man, susceptible to bribes and pressure. He was the man who allowed the Reconstruction to die.
this is why you shouldn't try to appease the enemy
Reconstruction survived Johnson and continued under Grant. It was killed in the deal made to give Hayes the presidency in compromise of 1877
Reconstruction in name only. Johnson survived impeachment, but was a weak president.