They wanted to have their own government and make policies that dealt with newly freed slaves.
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they burned their houses and they allowed confederates to vote even if they were not pardoned
he went to Columbia
Nobody knows he was going to say the next day but he died
Reconstruction did not occur during the Civil War. Reconstruction was after the terrible destruction of the war. And reconstruction was not entirely successful, despite what that chapter in the history book tells you. Reconstruction first started with lincolns plan. It failed. Congress then tried a plan, but Lincoln pocket vetoed it. Johnston then tried a plan, but failed, then congress came up with a new plan and suceeded.
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