The document outlines the political climate in the aftermath of the Civil War, including President Johnson's opposition to congressional Republicans' plans for Reconstruction. It notes divisions between Northern and Southern states as well as Republicans and Democrats over how to rebuild the South and integrate freed black slaves into society. President Johnson vetoed the Reconstruction Bill of 1865, angering Republican lawmakers.

1. THE PRELUDE TO RADICAL
REPUBLICAN RECONSTRUCTION

6. Jackson
WRONG!

22. Bio pic
“Damn the
negroes, I am
fighting those
traitorous
aristocrats, their
masters.”

23. Bio pic
“Damn the
negroes, I am
fighting those
traitorous
aristocrats, their
masters.”

28. NORTH

29. SOUTH

33. PA

35. MA

41. NORTHERN

42. SOUTHERN

44. “PRESIDENTIAL
RECONSTRUCTION”

56. Our new
Government is
founded upon the
great truth that
the negro is not
equal to the white
man; that slavery,
subordination to
the superior race, is
his natural and
moral condition.

58. (Johnson)

59. December, 1865
(via the Reconstruction Bill)

66. VETO!

72. REJECT
IT!

75. midterm

90. The Country
…

91. The Country
is GOING TO
THE DEVIL!