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Reconstruction
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Lincoln announces Ten Precent Plan
It was a plan that allowed southern state could be readmitted
into the Union if 10% of it's voters swore alligence to the Union. -
Lincoln Re-elected
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Lincoln Vetoes the Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill was a bill that required 50% of southern men to swear loyalty to the Union and it granted Blacks to vote. -
13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress
The amendment officially made African-Americans free from slavery. -
Congress creates the Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was a welfare agency that helped former slaves become full citizens -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House-Civil War Ends
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Johnson states that the reconstuction is over
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Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
The Black Codes were laws that restricted Blacks to do anything, like voting and marrying whites -
Radical Republicans
A Radical Republican was a person who wanted to free the blacks and help them get equal rights. The danger they play in the reconstriction is that they started to oppose Johnson's plans -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction acts
The first reconstruction act was called the Military Reconstruction Act which divided the south into 5 military districts and they were all ruled by an army commander -
Johnson impeached
He was impeached because they wanted to limit his power. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
He was a pretty moderate president. -
14th Amendment Ratified
The 14th amendment stated that all people born and natualized in the United States was a U.S. citizen -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system while in farming where a landowner allowes a person to use their land in return for a portion of the food produced there -
15th Amendment Ratified
The 15 amendment granted Black men to vote -
Enforcement Acts
The Enforcement Acts were 3 bills that protect Black's right to vote, to hold office, to be in juries, and to recieve equal protection of laws. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
The Amnesty Acts was an act that removed tbe voting restrictions and the office holding penalty from Confederates, -
Freedmens Bureau Terminated
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Lame duck Congress passes Civil Right Act
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Disputed Election
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Hayes declared president; Reconstruction Ends
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Compromise of 1877
This is a compromise with the south that pulled all federal troops from the south
