HIST 151 003 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 16 Reconstruction 1863 1877 Outline of Current Lecture II Chapter 16 Reconstruction 1863 1877 Cont Tenure of Office Act and Impeachment Spoils System III Chapter 17 The Contested West 1865 1900 Homestead Act Homesteading Sharecroppers Current Lecture Tenure of Office Act and Impeachment By 1886 Andrew Johnson had infuriated Congress they the House of Representatives and the Senate drew up an Act that would cause Johnson to slip up break the law and face trial to be impeached Johnson did not stand a chance he was a Democrat in a highly populated Republican government The Act made it against the law for an Executive member the President to fire a member of their cabinet Johnson tested the waters and fired his Secretary of War Edwin M Stanton Johnson had broken the law and was forced to go through an impeachment process he had to stand trial led by the Senate of the United States this process took close to one year 1866 1867 Johnson was one vote away from being impeached however a registered Republican spoke out if Johnson was impeached who would take his place o Congress let him ride out the rest of his Presidency After Johnson served the rest of his term the Act was revoked Spoils System To the victor go the spoils Whoever wins the Presidency gets to do what they please as long as it does not break any Congressional laws Spoils System had been around since the first president of the United States 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 When Ulysses S Grant was elected he took advantage of the Spoils System bringing a large majority of his drunken gambling felony holding friends with him to Washington D C and electing them into Legislative and Judicial positions Take care of whom you give power and authority Chapter 17 The Contested West 1865 1900 What was the west contesting over Land Battles between Native Americans and Whites for territory ensued Homestead Act Homesteading Sharecropping The Federal Government sought out to populate the western side of the Mississippi River Congress initiated the Homestead Act o Homesteaders claimed 60 160 acres of land promised o Homesteaders were required to acquire their own land build houses farms tradeposts etc o Required to spread American ideals to everyone around them who were unfamiliar with their American traditions o Homesteaders were required to build their own houses and pay for it out of their own pocket Continue reading or start reading Booker T Washington s Up From Slavery as well as study for the syllabus quiz which we be held on this upcoming Friday The Up From Slavery book quiz will take place the following Friday
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