HY 204 1st Edition Lecture 4I. Johnson’s Impeachment A. Violates Tenure of Office Act by firing Stanton (Secretary of War)a. Senate votes one vote shy of impeachment b. Johnson’s power begins to diminish toward the end of his Presidency -> decides not to run for re-electionII. Election of 1868A. Ulysses S. Grant succeeds JohnsonB. Fifteenth Amendment is passed in 1869- right to vote for all except women C. 2000 Black Americans hold public officea. Senator Hiram Revels takes Jefferson Davis’ seat in the Senate for Mississippib. P.B.S. Pinchback becomes the first black governor of Louisiana. D. Freedmen’s Bureaua. First public schools for Blacks b. Fisk University opensIII. Southern Democrat BacklashA. White SUpremist groups erupt- KKKB. Colfax massacrea. White League attacks unarmed Black militia in Colfax, LA. b. Over 100 blacks killed, only 3 whites killedc. “marked the end of carpetbag misrule in the South”C. Grant implements the Enforcement Acts of 1870a. Attempts to strike down groups like the KKKD. Radical Republicans on the declinea. Thaddeus Stevens diesb. Liberal Republicans emerge as a coalition force 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.IV. Presidential Election of 1872A. Republicans and democrats band together and choose Horace Greeley to runV. Decline of Radical ReconstructionA. Whisky Ring scandal of 1875B. Economy in shamblesa. Panic of 1837C. Congress passes Civil Rights act of 1875a. Supreme court declares unconstitutionalb. Civil Rights cases of 1883VI. RedemptionA. States begin readmission into the UnionB. White Democrats attempt to “redeem” governments a. Want o gain back control of the South b. Flush out carpetbaggers and Southerners unfit to governVII. Election of 1876A. Tilden v. Hayesa. Essentially a tie in SC, FL, & LAb. Too close to call, so Congress convenes a commission c. Compromise of 1877i. Republicans can have the White House but must stand down in the Southii. End to