Reconstruction Era | Impeachment | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In the spring of 1867, over President Andrew Johnson’s veto, the Republican-controlled Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts, putting the U.S. Army in control of the South and giving Black Southerners expanded political rights. For the first time they organized and attended political rallies, registered to vote, and even helped draft new state constitutions across the South. Back in Washington, D.C., the conflict between Johnson and Congressional Republicans reached a boiling point, and Johnson became the first president in American history to be impeached. While he fought for his presidency, Black voters in the South faced a backlash of vigilante violence, as the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan unleashed a wave of terror.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:07.0	Imagine it's May 4th, 1867 in New Orleans.
0:24.6	The sun is beating down and the air is thick with a smell of horse manure.
0:28.6	You're a veteran of the first Louisiana native guards, one of the first all black
0:32.7	regiments in the Union Army.
0:34.7	As a former soldier, you're allowed to ride on the city street cars, but for black civilians,
0:40.0	most street cars remain off limits, making it difficult to run errands or to get to work.
0:45.1	Just last week, one black man was arrested for trying to board a white-only car.
0:50.1	Now you're helping your fellow black residents fight back.
0:53.4	You're leading a group of protesters down the sidewalk, looking for a street car to
0:57.7	force your way on to.
0:59.3	There's one.
1:00.4	Come on, boys, follow me.
1:02.3	A large mule pulls the 20-foot-long street car as its iron wheels rattle along a track
1:07.4	in a road.
1:08.4	Painted on the side is a sign reading white's only.
1:12.0	As it approaches, an older white man hails it down.
1:15.5	You and your fellow protesters stride up as the white passengers climb aboard.
1:20.0	At the front of the car, the driver holding the mules' reins looks down at you and
1:24.2	scowls.
1:25.2	Don't even think about it, boy.
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