Comparing Presidential and Congressional
Reconstruction
Comparison
Presidential
question
Reconstruction
Congressional
Reconstruction
Military
Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
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How
quickly
would
southern
states be
admitted
back into
the union
As soon as possible
after 10% of
population swore an
oath of allegiance.
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Who would Except for
be qualified Confederate leaders,
to vote?
anyone who took an
oath of allegiances to
the United States
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Radical republicans felt
only after a time period
that would punish
them and perhaps keep
the Democrats out of
power
After ratifying the 14th
amendment
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All adult males black and white who took an oath of
allegiance except some ex. Confederate leaders
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What
conditions
would a
state have
to satisfy
to re-enter
the Union?
Impact on
Georgia
Write a new state
constitution that
declared secession
null and void
abolish slavery(Ratify
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Write a new state constitution and ratify the 14th
amendment
the 13th amendment)
And cancelled all war
debts
Georgia readmitted
into the Union in
December 1865, after
ratifying the 13th
amendment
Georgia refused to
ratify the 14th
amendment, and was
placed under military
rule along with 10
other southern states.
Divided into 5 military
districts.
New state constitution,
included removing race as a
qualification for voting,
women control of their
property, imprisonment for
debt abolished. Free public
schools. 1868: ratified 14
amendment-troops
withdrawn.