What did they want?
- Punish the South
- Land to Former Slaves
- Education for Former Slaves
- Money for the Freedmen's Bureau $$$
- Former Slaves could have FULL Civil Rights
- Former Slaves Could Vote
- Turn the South into a Military District Supervised by Federal Troops
- Supervise Local Governments
- Supervise Elections:
- Former Slaves COULD hold public office
- Former Confederate leaders could NOT hold public office
- If a Southern state refused to allow freedmen to vote, that Southern state would lose representation in Congress.