reconstruction

What if Radical Republicans got what they wanted and gave 40 acres and mule to former slaves along with capital and equipment to farm. Andrew Johnson never becomes President. Radical Republicans successfully redistribute planter lands among former slaves. This prevents the Solid South from...

Let's say a hypothetical scenario where for whatever reason Liberia tries to a military conquest for Sierra Leone during the American Civil War (like 1963) but it wraps up two years after the Civil War ending with British annexing Liberia. With Liberians not wanting to live under the British a...

I have never written a timeline on this site. I've read a lot of other people's timelines and I have greatly enjoyed american political history, but I never thought my knowledge base was large enough or my writing skills good enough to try my hand at writing a timeline. That said on my own in a...

Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina saw the most success with Reconstruction IOTL out of the rest of the South. So if these 3 states had avoided Jim Crow, Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests and solidfying Black Enfranchisesment while the rest of the South fall to white Supremacy the same as OTL...

Would Lincoln have began building a base of Republicans in the South who were willing to play ball, from former Cotton Whigs and Unionists? What rights would he seek to give to African Americans and what limits would they be? Would this be enough to have Republicans win in the South at the...

(I wasn’t sure where to put this so I decided pre-1900.) From 1865 onwards (or sometime earlier if you want too) and beyond make the Civil Rights movements and other similar progressive movements relating to civil and human rights (African Americans, women, native Americans, Asian Americans...

Assuming that Lincoln escapes assassination (say Booth gets ratted out by a co-conspirator) and assuming that for whatever reason Grant decides to stay out of politics (bad relapse?), who would Lincoln's most likely successor(s) be in the Republican party? Blaine? Colfax? Wade? Allison? Sherman...

For those who need a refresher, the so-called Reconstruction amendments are as follows... The 13th amendment forbids slavery except as per punishment for a crime. The 14th amendment  established naturalized citizenship, removed the 3/5th clause, established that being found guilty of...

Assuming in a TL where the US successfully and permanently enfranchises African Americans, establishes common ground for poor whites and freedman with 40 acres and mule, prevents Voting restrictions (No Poll Taxes or Literacy Tests for anyone) and completely prevents Jim Crow Laws from...

I'm working on a Reconstruction TL where the US does a more firm stance on Reconstruction and planning out the events and changes to the TL I stumbled across a problem. I have no idea if the Chinese Exclusion Act would be a thing or not. I personally don't see why it wouldn't be a thing but if...

What if half of the Indian Territory was divided into Freedman's Territory and eventually became a state in 1910 with Sequoyah?

So, the 14th Amendment was probably the most significant of the Reconstruction amendments to be ratified after the Civil War. Section 3 of the 14th amendment deals with disqualifying US government officials who sided with the CSA from holding public. The text of Section 3 is the following...

Okay so this started from a conversation I was having with a friend about the upcoming Victoria 3 and the American Civil War, so sorry if this is a bit disjointed. This isn't a fully developed TL, a WI, or an AHC, it's just a sort of loose idea I had that I wanted to start about. The basic...

We all know how awful Andrew Johnson was the moment he became President from how he handled Reconstruction, but we also know how the North would not be all that receptive to a Radical Republican Presidency in 1865-1869 if they somehow escape Booth's assassination. What other southern Democrat do...

I asked here earlier about the Cozumel proposal in the US as an effort by Abraham Lincoln to settle freed slaves after the Civil War. As I sort of researched this topic, I stumbled upon various resettlement and colonization projects for African-Americans proposed by the United States and became...

I have seen both brought up, but I have yet to see a pondering of all three to my knowledge. Obviously, Lafayette Foster becomes Acting-President for the time up until the 1865 Election, the Presidential Election Years are now delayed by one, and it probably is established as Precedent...

Your challenge here in this thread is to plausibly create a non neo-confederate secession movement in the Southern United States of America after the end of the American Civil War. While i am well read on the ARW itself, both politically, diplomatically and militarily, i find my knowledge of the...

A New Dominion - Virginia under the Readjuster Party Chapter 1 “Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” -Thomas Jefferson April 2nd, 1865 – Richmond, Virginia The burning of Columbia, South Carolina; A fate Richmond could have shared Lt. General Richard Ewell was...

Chapter 1: The Trial of the Century and A (Somewhat) Radical Reconstruction Andrew Johnson, the first POTUS to be impeached May 16th, 1868 Capitol Hill is caught in a frenzy of activity and excitement. Reporters from every paper in the country jostle for position, and mob incoming Senators...

Shortly after the American Civil War, there was an attempt on President Lincoln's life by John Booth. But the actor got cold feet and failed to fire, eventually leading to his arrest and enabling the President to carry out his term. Now, Lincoln has been criticized for his re conciliatory views...