Biography Of Andrew Jackson s Role Of Rebuilding The...

Mary Barukh Mr. Mutz U.S. History/ Block G 15 December 2015 Fall Final: 75 Years in the Making; 1865- 1940 Hello America, I have been a part of this great nation for 80 years. From the time I took my first breath as a baby to this exact moment of 1940. Over the years, I have traveled to experience and witness life changing events. Due to my past, I have gained a true sense of what it means to be an American. And believe me, America is something to be proud of. When I was little, Andrew Jackson was president. He took Abraham Lincoln’s role of rebuilding the South when he was assassinated. Even though America was morning the loss of Lincoln, Jackson stepped up. In May of 1865, he made an announcement about his plans for the reconstruction. Jackson believed in the Union and in State Right’s. Under Johnson’s plan all the land was taken away from the freed slaves and were given back to the previous owner before the war. With his promised loyalty to the Union and paying off the war debts, he gave state governments permission to rebuild. This led to a series of the â€Å"black codes† law. This limited what freed slaved were allowed to do. A year later the Freemans Bureau and the Civil Rights Act was created to help freed slaves. This became the first Act to ignore the president’s veto. Four years later, Congress approved the 15th amendment. It promised that citizens cannot be denied the right to vote no matter t heir race, color, or if they were previously a slave. Due to the