<em>Johnson’s reasons for not punishing Confederate leaders was that he wanted to reunite the nation as soon as possible</em>. At first, he followed a harsh system toward the frustrated Southerners. The southerners were denied political freedoms in the military or governmental role since they supported the Confederacy during the American rebellion.
On May 29 the year 1865, President Andrew Johnson issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which laid out provisions for governing the restoration of citizenship and rights to former rebels. Johnson announced a pardon to all former Confederates only if they agreed to support the Union and obey laws against slavery. He also allowed former officials of the Confederacy to run for office in their states new elections.
Nonviolent resistance (NVR or nonviolent action) is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, or other methods, while being nonviolent.
The groups did not share in the prosperity of the late 1800s. B. tenement dwellers and D
. robber barons
In the Mexican-American War, Mexico faced an enemy that was coming into its own as a military power. In March 1836, Mexican forces overran the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, achieving victory over those who had declared Texas independence from Mexico just a few weeks earlier