Continuation of Civil war notes and Chapter 17 intro

-In the House Of Rep. during the civil war there were no representatives from the south, so the north took it in their hands to pass laws and acts favoring the north

• some were the Homestead Act- which granted farmers 160 acres for free if they lived on the land for five years
• also the, Merill land grant- college act- which put funding towards land which would later be for more agricultural and technichal colleges
• Pacific railroad Act- said that land and loans was granted to spur the building of railroads

-The conditions in the POW camps were retched .Also, the camps were so spread out and poorly taken care of that the north and south virtually never exchanged POW's.

• 16% of union soldiers died in southern POW camps
• 12% of confed. soldiers died in northern POW camps
• some known were Andersonville just outside of Atlnata was probably the most infamous POW camp in the south

-Lincoln goes for re-election and wins in 1864

- in his 2nd inaugural address lincoln urged reconciliation he said " malice toward non, charity for all"

-Early 1865 after the war lincoln gets back into his normal routine and his love for the theatre and is assassinated April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth

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- Presidential Reconstrucition post-civil war while lincoln is alive

- he does this w/out congress' knowing just like johnson would later do

-lincoln said to make everything easier that the south never even seceded so that the states never had to be re-admitted again which took a long time

-if 10% of voters in the state took allegiance& received presidential pardon, also the state could be restored

-Johnson did the same thing except wanteed to get back at the south and punish them a little

• he also went after high ranking officials that made over $20,000$ a year

- congress sticks their foot in finally w/ the Wade- Davis bill- which said state voters must be 50% allegiant

-congress did this to prevent planter aristocracy and possible re-enslavement

Black Codes

• kept freed ppl. in near slavery
• denied voter rights
• also excluded form juries
• also testification in court
• and interracial marriage banned

Freedmans Bureau

• oversaw slave's relaations with boss
• issued food rations
• helped sharecropping evolve evenmore
• also taught reading and writing
• founded black colleges