HIST 2620 Section 008 Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Congressional Radical Reconstruction a 1st Reconstruction Act 1867 b Southern reforms II Other Reconstruction Developments a The Ku Klux Klan b KKK Enforcement Acts c Impeachment of Pres Johnson Outline of Current Lecture III Reconstruction a Johnson s impeachment b Significance of Reconstruction IV Emergence of the US as a World Economic Power a Three geographic zones of development Current Lecture I End of Reconstruction a Johnson s Impeachment i Tenure of Office Act the president may not fire political appointees without consent of senate ii Johnson fired Stanton in 1867 1 Edwin M Stanton Secretary of War a Against everything Johnson did and told Congress iii Johnson was accused of 1 Breaking the Tenure of Office Act 2 Attempted to disgrace and ridicule Congress iv Trial 1 Prosecution lawyers are mostly radical republicans 2 The defense argued a Ridiculing Congress is a protected right in the constitution b Johnson didn t even violate Tenure of Office Act i Act says that the president cannot fire his political appointees but Johnson did not appoint Stanton c 35 voted to convict 19 voted to acquit i must have 2 3 majority to convict These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute v Significance of the Impeachment 1 Has only happened twice 2 Demonstrates the personal conflicts between president and congress 3 It involved an important legal principle a 60 years later another case determined that yes the president does have that power b Significance of Reconstruction i Disagreement amongst historians 1 Most believe it was good because it was the first time that Americans made a conscious effort to enforce justice 2 Some think that it was just a bunch of different groups of people trying to steal the south manipulate their way into power ii Only temporarily successful 1 Came to an end with redemption iii Majority view 1 It was a noble attempt to do the right thing tragic that it didn t last II Emergence of the US as a World Economic Power a Three Geographic zones of Development late 1800s i New South Movement 1 Leaders a White urban professionals 2 Goal to re make the South in the image of the North a Possible via industrialization b Argument i We have everything we need 1 Cotton 2 Cheap labor ii Need to have the wealthy benefactor need capital c Essentially a publicity campaign d New South Leader i Henry Grady 1 Newspaper editor publisher ii Average southern person was less than half as wealthy as the average American 3 Success or failure 4 Contributed to national economic development