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Reconstruction

Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Apr 1, 1877

Lincoln announces Ten Percent Plan

Jan 11, 1863

President Lincoln former confederate states to come back into the Union. His plan was that in order for a state to be remitted ten percent of its voters would have swear a loyalty loyalty oath to the Union and agree to the end of slavery.

Lincoln vetoes Wade-Davis bill

Jul 5, 1864

This bill required for states to accept the end of slavery. This oath was stricter than Lincoln’s loyalty oath; a person had to swear to be loyal to the united states.

Lincoln re-elected

Nov 8, 1864

Radical Rebublicans wanted to replace Lincoln in this election. He was so popular due to his leadership in the war so he he won.

Congress creates Freeden's Bureau

Mar 3, 1865

This was established in 1865 as a welfare agency to help former slaves. It provided food, clothes, schools, hospitals and it helped them find their lost family members.

Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House

Apr 9, 1865

Lincoln assainated ; Johnson becomes president

Apr 14, 1865

Missippi enacts first Black Code

Oct 14, 1865

These were laws set in place that made African Americans second class citizens. The code Mississippi set in place authorized that police officers could arrest unemployed African American men.

Johnson declares reconstruction complete

Nov 17, 1865

13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress

Dec 6, 1865

This meant African Americans were no longer enslaved. This amendment also meant the former slaves are no longer ones property.

Radical Republicans

Jan 20, 1866

These were the people that believed Johnsons policies were hurting the reconstruction. They wanted to protect former slves from violence.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction Acts

Mar 14, 1867

The first act was the Military reconstruction act . It divided the south into five military districts.

Johnson impeached

Feb 24, 1868

Johnson decided to replace the current secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton. In result this was seen as a crime.

Ulysses S. Grant elected

May 19, 1868

He was the President elected after Andrew Johnson was impeached. He was the northern hero of the election and he followed a moderate plan for reconstruction.

14th Amendment ratified

Jul 9, 1868

This was set in place to to undo legal concessions that had been made in cause of slavery. It invalidated all debts owed by any confederate state.

Sharecropping

Apr 18, 1869

This is when a land owner rents a piece of land to a farmer in exchange for a share of the crop the farmer grows. the share cropper repays the debt after they have sold the crops they grew.

15th Amendment ratified

Feb 3, 1870

This Amendment gave African American men the right to vote. It protected voting rights by prohibiting states from denying voting because of ones race.

Enforcement Acts

May 21, 1871

The were a series of acts that allowed African Americans to be part of the government.These acts made it a Federal crime to interfere with blacks’ rights to vote, hold office, or enjoy equal protection of the laws.These acts were passed from 1870 to 1871.

Amensty Act of 1872

May 18, 1872

This act allowed many former Confederates to run for public office. This act was a United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the secessionists who opposed the civil war.

Freedman's Bureau terminated

Jul 5, 1872

Lame-duck Congress passes civil Rights Act

Mar 1, 1875

Disputed election

Nov 7, 1876

Hayes declared president; Reconstruction ends

Apr 18, 1877

Compromise of 1877

May 18, 1877

This was a informal deal that disputed conflicts after the1876 presential election. The Democrats during this time agreed to accept the ballots that made Hayes the winner in exchange for the Republicans agreeing to withdraw the federal troops from the South.