efforts of reconstruction pt3

Newly approved states began writing laws to deny African American’s civil rights. Therefore, the national government and the state governments begin to fight with each other for power. For example, the Republicans proposed the 14th Amendment trying to give the national government more power.
Additionally, the president and congress weren’t agreeing with each other, so they kept stopping each other from progressing much in accomplishing reconstruction. During the 1866 elections, the Republican Party