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reconstutin
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lincoln announces ten percent plan
the 10 percent plan was that a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of its voters swore a loyalty oath to the union and agreed to the end of slavery -
lincoln re-elected
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lincoln vetoes wade-davis bill
wade- davis bill is a bill that required the states to accept the end of slavery and to grant all african american men the right to vote. -
13th amendment approved and ratified by congress
the 13th amendment gavethe slave/ black people a right to be free. -
congress create freedmen bureau
the freedmen bureau was created b y congress to help african americans transition to freedom -
lee surrenders at appomattox court house- civil war end
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lincoln assassinated; johson becomes president
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mississippi enacts first black code
the blacks c ode area group of southerens that wanted ro stop black people from being free -
johnson declares reconstruction complete
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radical republicans
radical republicans are Party organized around an uncompromising opposition to slavery before and during the Civil War and a vigorous campaign to secure rights for freed slaves -
1st,2nd, and 3rd reconstution acts
the 1st reconstution act is law that divided the south into five military districts. -
johnson impeached
he was impeach because theyb wanted to limite his power -
14th amendment ratified
grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. -
ulysses S. grant elected
he is a cruel person he gave orders to shot down all the union troop and freedmen to -
sharecropping
sharecropping is a landowner rents a piece of land to the farmers in exchange for a share of the crop the farmer grow -
15th amendment ratified
this amendment protect voting rights by prohibiting states from denying voting rights because of there race. -
enforcement acts
were three bills passed by the United States Congress between 1870 and 1871. They were criminal codes which protected African-Americans' right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws. -
freedmen bureau terminated
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amnesty act of 1872
the amnesty act of 1872 was a United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the secessionists who rebelled in the American Civil War, except for some 500 military leaders of the Confederacy.s -
lame-duck congrees passes civil rights acts
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disputed election
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hayes declared president; reconstrution ends
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compromise of 1877
compromise of 1877 is the democrats agreed to accept the ballots that made hayes the winner in exchange for the republicans agreeing to withdraw the federral troopsfrom the south.
