southern whites are complaining, they don't want black soldiers, like armin -- black army troops around. he sins them out west. he is clearly working on his own plan for reconstruction. reconvenes,en it and these are the things he is doing. his proclamations, pretty soon after lincoln's death in 1865. reconvenes, they form a joint committee on reconstruction. to decide what to do with reconstruction. of ahear testimony violence in the south, of contention in the south, etc. and they are trying to come up with some plan that johnson could agree with, could be on board with. these are the moderates, not the radicals. they put together two bills. 's bureau bill, to extend the bureau so it can continue to try and maintain some semblance of order and peace and give some relief to southerners. also in the aftermath of war. and they enact the civil rights of 1866, which was the first time we defined national citizenship in american history. what does it mean to be a citizen of united states? before the civil rights, pretty much each state decided was a citizen and who was not good -- was not.