1.04 Us History

1.04 Rebuilding the Government

Andrea Jones

The “Somebody – Wanted –But – So chart is an excellent way to summarize important information from history. In it, you identify a person or group of people; their goal, need, or want; what conflict of interest stood in the way; and the outcome. This strategy works great because history depends on the needs, wants, and actions of humans.

Part 1 – Complete the following chart using information from the lesson. One example appears for you.

Somebody… | Wanted… | But… | So… |

PresidentAbrahamLincoln | The nation to heal as quickly as possible from the Civil War and planned to reunify the nation quickly | he was assassinated in 1865 only days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender | plans for Reconstruction were taken over by Vice President Andrew Johnson, who became president after Lincoln’s death |

PresidentAndrew Johnson | to continue the Reconstruction , following what President Lincoln had in place | The Radical Republicans believed he was too lenient toward the south and they believed it would not be achievable for the south to change if the previous Confederates came back to power | The Radical Republicans decided to take action, which lead them to win majority of the votes from the House and Senate in the election of fall 1866 |

RadicalRepublicans | To give citizenship to African Americans and the right to vote | The Radical Republicans were worried that President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction was not working | Congress commenced passing bills that would change the Reconstruction policy. President Johnson disapproved bills passed by Congress; however, the Republicans in congress had the capacity to override Johnson. Not long after, the congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which fixed everything Johnson and the South had done by then. |

SouthernDemocrats | To have a southern democrat in the cabinet and have federal troops removed from the south | The Radical Republicans took things into their own...