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Wade-Davis Bill
was a bill proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland. -
13th Amendment
constitution of the united states of american -
Freeman's Bureau created
was initiated by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. -
lee surrenders to grant
ending of the American civil war.
Robert E. lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to union general Ulysses S. grant. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C -
KKK Formed
Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original Ku Klux Klan. During the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil war. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
It was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. -
Military Reconstruction Act
It was an "unconstitutional extension of federal power into areas of state jurisdiction -
Tenure of Office Act
The Tenure of Office Act was a United States federal law (in force from 1867 to 1887) that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate -
Johnson Impeached
when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors -
14th Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. -
15th Amendment
that congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation -
Ulysses S.Grant elected
Ulysses S. Grant Is Elected To Office. The second President from Ohio, Grant was elected the 18th President of the United States in 1868. Then he was re-elected again into office in 1872 -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
n U.S. history, illegal manipulation of contracts by a construction and finance company associated with the building of the Union Pacific Railroad -
Compromise of 1877
the End of Reconstruction: The Withdrawal of the Soldiers from the South. The Withdrawal of the federal Soldiers from the South followed the Compromise of 1877.
