• Andrew was now the new president.
• The
is ratified.
of 1867 are passed
o Established military law dividing the South into 5 military
districts.
o Required
of the 14th
amendment.
Radical Reconstruction
• President Johnson's
trial
begins; he is narrowly acquitted by a single vote.
• Former Civil War general
is
elected the 18th president of the United States.
- forbade states to deny the
right to vote on account of race, color or previous servitude.