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Lincoln sets forth 10 percent Reconstruction Plan
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Cornish EDU<a href='http://www.nps.gov/liho/historyculture/alincolnbio.htm' >NPS Gov</a> The Reconstruction Plan provided that once 10% or more of the voting population of any occupied state had taken an oath of allegiance to the Union they were authorized to set up a loyal government -
Wade-Davis Bill passes Congress but is pocket-vetoed by Lincoln
American History 102
Lincoln refused to sign the bill before Congress adjorned, killing the bill. -
Johnson moves to reconstruct the South on his own initiative
Civil War: Reconstruction
Johnson's reconstruction policy was met with uneasiness among Radicals but Republicans were willing to give it a try. -
Congress refuses to seat representatives and senators elected from the states reestablished under presidential plan
U.S. Congress
Instead, Congress established a joint commitee to set further conditions for readmission to those seceded states. -
Johnson vetoes Freedmen's Bureau Bill
[The American Civil War](http:// 2ndlook.wordpress.com/.../)
The veto made the rift between Johnson and Congress permanant though a modified version of the bill eventually passed. -
Johnson vetoes Civil Rights Act; it passes over his veto
The Edge of the American West It was the first time Congress overrid a presidential veto. -
Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment
Anneburg Classroom
It gave the federal government the responsibilty to ensure equal rights under the law to all Americans. -
Republicans increase their congressional majority in the fall elections
Pop and Politics The Republicans within Congress grew to a solid two-thirds within both houses. -
First Reconstruction Act is passed over Johnson's veto
Georgia Info
The Act placed the South under the rule of the army within five military districts. -
Johnson is impeached; he avoids conviction by one vote
David O. Stewart
The failure to remove Johnson from office was embarrasing for congressional Republicans but it did insure that reconstruction would continue on how Congress intended. -
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Grant wins presidential election, defeating Horatio Seymour
Grant Pictures and Biography
Grant had neither the vision nor the sense of duty to tackle the nation's challenges leading to his failed southern policy. -
Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment, granting African Americans the right to vote
Seperate is not Equal
It prohibited any state from preventing any male citizen from voting based on race, color, or previous servitude. -
Congress passes Ku Klux Klan Acts to protect black voting rights in the South
History Teacher.Net
The acts made interference with voting rights a federal crime. -
Grant re-elected president, defeating Horace Greeley, candidate of Liberal Republicans and Democrats
Grant
Grant won 56% of the popular vote, the highest percentage won by any canidate between Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt. -
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Congress passes Specie Resumption Act
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"Whiskey Ring" scandal exposed
Encyclopedia Virginia The incident confirmed the people's fear of corruption in high valued places. Grant's protection of his private secretary would later be referred to as a cover-up. -
Disputed presidential election resolved in favor of Republican Hayes over Democrat Tilden
Powells.com
Hayes won with the help of the Compromise of 1877. -
Compromise of 1877 ends military intervention in the South and causes fall of the last Radical governments
Elections Harpweek
It was a bargain struck by Republican leaders to ensure Haye's election.
