Redemption Plan Action in Texas Congressional Reconstruction Presidential Reconstruction Plan Action in Texas • Abolish slavery • Declare secession illegal • Cancel war debts • Require loyalty oath • Did not ratify 13th Amendment • Declared secession illegal • Cancelled wartime debts • Enforced loyalty oath • Enacted Black Codes • Elected Confederate leaders • Rule southern states with army • Require new state constitutions • Give African Americans the vote • Repeal the Black Codes • Sent federal troops to Texas • Adopted Constitution of 1869 • Increased power of state government • Secured African American rights • Put Republicans in control • Remove Republicans from office • Rewrite state Constitution • Elected Richard Coke as governor • Adopted Constitution of 1876 • Reduced power of state government
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AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATORS
ANDREW JOHNSON CARTOON