-
Period: to
Timeline
-
Lincoln's 10% Plan
Lincoln's plan gave amnesty to all but a few southerners. The deal was that when 10% of stte voters had taken the oath, the could organize a new state government. -
Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill stated that white males in a fomer Confederate state must take on oath of allegiance.. The state would also need to hold a constitutional convention to create a new government. It would also abolish slavert and reject all debts acquired from confederates. Congress passed the bill, but Linoln blocked it with a pocket veto. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
This was the monumental bill that abolished slavery and gave the African Americans their right to freedom. -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was created to assist the Afican Americans adjusting to freedom. It gave them food, shelter, clothing, education and is where the term "40 acres and a mule" comes from -
Lincoln's Assasination
Lincoln was attending a performance at the Fords Theater and one of the actors, John Wilkes Booth, was responsible for the conspiracy that led to his death. Booth shot him in the back of teh head at the theater and the country suffered a huge shock at the death of their leader -
Johnson's Plan
The plan would give amnesty fo those who took an oath of loyalty to the Unites States. This excluded high ranking confederates and those with a property over twenty thousand dollars, however they could apply for pardons. It also required states to ratify the 13th Ammendment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted citizenship and the same rights enjoyed by white citizens to all male persons in the United States "without distinction of race" -
Military Reconstruction
This passed the fourteenth and fifteenth Ammendment. It also divided the south into five military districts and made new state constitutions require the guarentee of voting rights. This empowered African Americans and supported their education -
Johnson's Impeachment
Johnson was "impeached" because he broke the law. However, the radical republicans set him up to break the law so that Congress would have no choice but to impeach him. -
The Fourteenth Amendment
The fourteenth amendment guarenteed the rights of citizens. It was originally to protect the legal rights of slaves. but was expanded to everyone. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
The fifteenth amendment guarenteed voting rights to citizens. It prohibited the government from denying a person right to vote on the basis of race. -
Ku Klux Klan Act
This was a response to civil unrest during which this group would torment african americans. The government put this act into place so that there would be restrictions on what the Ku Klux Klan could do. It unfrtuantely did not abolish the fear that would strike whenever the white hooded figures would parade around. -
Panic of 1873
This resulted from the failure of Jay Cooke and Co. This closed the New York stock exchange for ten days and money was being lost. Most people blamed Grant and the Republicans for the fact that this happened, which leads to questions of corruption in the election of 1876 -
Whiskey Ring
This was a group of officials who defrauded liquer taxes. The taxes were raised extremely high and it soon became a public scandal. This was a problem during the elction of 1876 because the Demorats were tryign very hard to exploit the corruption ties to the Republican party, since this happened during Grant's presidency. -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was a result of the elction of 1876. This stated that Hayes could be President if the states Florida, South Carolina, and Louisianna were returned to the political power of the Democrats
