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Reconstruction
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Lincoln announces Ten Percent Plan
The Ten Percent Plan was created by Abraham Linclon to address angry Southerners, as they were not allowed to vote because of their alleginace to the Confederacy. This plan said that a state could be readmitted to vote if ten percent of voters in that state pleged loyalty to the Union and the end of slavery. -
Lincoln Vetoes the Wade-Davis Bill
This bill required that states accept the end of slavery, and that they give freedmen the right to vote. It also required more than half of a state's voters to pleadge allegiance to the United States by signing a loyalty oath. This was much stricter than Lincoln's original plan. -
Lincoln Re-Elected
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13th Amendment Ratified by Congress
This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States -
Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was an organization designed to aid freed slaves, and poor white southerners proceeding the war, as it left the country physically destroyed. -
Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House
The civil war ends. -
Lincoln Assassinated; Johnson beomes President
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
The Black Codes were a set of codes designed to restrict the balcks from exercising laws. They include living rights, labor/work, and much more. -
Johnson declares Reconstruction Complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans were anti-slavery during the war. After the war, they demanded that the Confederates be punished, there to be equality, and freedmen to have voting rights. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction Acts
The 1st Reconstruction Act applied only to ex-confederate states. They had to ratify the 14th amendment (except Tennesee), new state delegates, and equal rights for all citizens. The act also split up the south into five military districts. Each district required the supervision of a Northern General. -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson was impeached because he removed Secratary of War Edwin M. Stanton from office. He replaced him with a far less experienced man, General Lorenzo Thomas. This went against the Tenure of Office Act, so he was impeached. -
14th Amendment Ratified
This amendment gave citizenship abilities to everyone born in the United States, even the freedmen -
Ulysses S. Grant Elected
Grant was the youngest President to come into office at the time. He was only 46 years of age, with little to no political background. He had the reputation of bringing in "corrupt" government officials, which highlighted his presidency. He also had positives, like establishing the National Park Service. He was able to ratify the 15th amendment too. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping was an agricultural system in which a landowner allowed a tenant to use some property in exchange for working the fields, and some harvested goods. -
15th Amendment Ratified
The 15th amendment allowed all freedmen, or black men, to vote. -
Enforcement Acts
These were three laws passed between 1870 and 1871 to portect the rights of black people. These include the right to vote, the right to hold office, and more. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
This act repealed the voting and office holding restrictions placed upon secessionists after the Civil War. -
Freedmen's Bureau Terminated
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Lame-duck Congress passes Cilvil Rights Act
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Disputed Election
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Hayes declared President; Reconstruction Ends
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Compromise of 1877
This compromise settled the disputed election of 1876, and brought back the northern military control from the south. Essentially, the Reconstruction Era had come to a close
