History A-Level
Presidential Reconstruction and political settlement
What Presidential Reconstruction and political settlement means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Presidential Reconstruction and political settlement
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Andrew Johnson accepted abolition but opposed federal action to secure black political and civil equality, encouraging southern states to adopt restrictive Black Codes.
Topics that use Presidential Reconstruction and political settlement
- Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 1 ‘Free at last’, 1865–77 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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