the former confederates wanted an agrarian - based economy.
the former confederates wanted an agrarian - based economy.
what kind of economy did the former confederates want?
agrarian - based economy
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congress had to consider how to restore to full status and representation within the union those southern states that had declared their independence from the united states and had withdrawn their representation. suffrage for former confederates was one of two main concerns. a decision needed to be made whether to allow just some or all former confederates to vote (and to hold office). the moderates in congress wanted virtually all of them to vote, but the radicals resisted. they repeatedly imposed the ironclad oath, which would effectively have allowed no former confederates to vote. historian harold hyman says that in 1866 congressmen "described the oath as the last bulwark against the return of ex-rebels to power, the barrier behind which southern unionists and negroes protected themselves". radical republican leader thaddeus stevens proposed, unsuccessfully, that all former confederates lose the right to vote for five years. the compromise that was reached disenfranchised many confederate civil and military leaders. no one knows how many temporarily lost the vote, but one estimate was that it was as high as 10,000 to 15,000 out of a total white population of roughly eight million.
reconstruction era