... . Doubting Johnson's program and concerned for the safety of the freedmen, the Republican Congress opposed the president's efforts and sought their own plan for reordering the South. Upon meeting in December of 1865, the body refused to seat any of the representatives from the seceded states. All maters pertaining to the restoration of the South were to be reserved for the ... rebel states soon became a reality and by 1868 all but three had been acknowledged. The new state constitutions were improved from their predecessors. States now assumed responsibility for many social services that...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... impartial and fair, as Brown himself acknowledged. He was indicted by a grand jury for the charges of treason and murder. He was sentenced to be executed on the 2nd of December. His lawyer asked for a stay of execution, which was subsequently refused. In response to threats from abolitionists that an attempt would be made to rescue Brown and his surviving followers ... to Charlestown to watch over the prisoners until their executions. On the day of the executions, guns were fired and bells tolled in many places in the North, and church services were held to glorify the cause he represen...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... impartial and fair, as Brown himself acknowledged. He was indicted by a grand jury for the charges of treason and murder. He was sentenced to be executed on the 2nd of December. His lawyer asked for a stay of execution, which was subsequently refused. In response to threats from abolitionists that an attempt would be made to rescue Brown and his surviving followers ... to Charlestown to watch over the prisoners until their executions. On the day of the executions, guns were fired and bells tolled in many places in the North, and church services were held to glorify the cause he represen...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 1865, before the war's end, three developments hinted at the depth of this emerging Northern commitment. In January Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in December of the same year. The 13th Amendment expanded the scope of the Emancipation Proclamation by abolishing slavery throughout the United States. Also in January, General William T. Sherman issued Special Field ... , Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau. Designed as a relief agency for needy refugees, it provided food, clothing, and fuel for both blacks and wh...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . Doubting Johnson's program and concerned for the safety of the freedmen, the Republican Congress opposed the president's efforts and sought their own plan for reordering the South. Upon meeting in December of 1865, the body refused to seat any of the representatives from the seceded states. All maters pertaining to the restoration of the South were to be reserved for the ... rebel states soon became a reality and by 1868 all but three had been acknowledged. The new state constitutions were improved from their predecessors. States now assumed responsibility for many social services that...

• Word Count: 1331
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate