White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants) Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america

Republican party formed Reconstruction acts White supremacy Wilmot Proviso

Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican) The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress

Dred Scott case Positions on expansion of slavery Johnson impeached Tenure of Office Act

Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave. All African Americans were citizens of the United States All African Americans were citizens of the United States Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people