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Lincoln annocnces ten percent plan
The Ten Percent Plan was a plan that stated that, a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of its voters swore a loyalty oath which was the pledge of allegence. -
Lincoln Vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill stated that voters had to take an "Iron Clad" Oath of allegence. This means that it required all the states to accept the end of slavery and grant all African-American men the right to vote. -
Loncoln Re-Elected
When Abraham Lincoln was re-elected many people in the confederacy were disapionted with the new election. Lincoln had beat McClellan and worked to put the US back together -
Congress creates Freedman's Bureau
This lets all former slaves become freed poeple or people that can act as others or poeple that can act as the whites -
Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House - Civil War Ends
This is when Robert E. Lee surrenders giving the cofederate states to the union and ending the Civil War. -
Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes President
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was at a theater when he had took his wife to go to see a comedy play. John Wilkes (The assassin) had known the play and waited untill the funny part when he knew everyone would laugh and then killed Abe. After this happened Wilkes jumped off the ledge and ran with the flag of the United states cought on his spur. -
Mississippi enacts first Black Code
Mississippi enacts black Codes which meant that if any black man were to just be outside they could be arrested and also that they had no voting rights with no properties of guns and made back into slaves if they had no jobs. -
13th Amendment approved and ratified by congress
The 13th Amendment had abolished slavery and involutionary servitude, except for punishment and crime -
Johnson declares reconstruction complete
On this day President Johnson states to the public that reconstruction is now complete -
Radical Republicans
The Radical Republicans strongly appose on slavery and they wanted to distinguish slavery -
1st,2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction Acts
This divided all the confederate states to 5 gorups (except tennessee -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson called General Lorenzo Thomas as secretary of war. Also he changed many other things about the US government -
14th amendment ratified
This provides citizenship to all poeple born in the United States -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
Grant came to the white house with the respect of everyone but not from the election ut from winning the war. Many people had believed that he was a great leader for the Union army so the wanted him to run teh country to show even more leadership from his position -
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15th Amendment Ratified
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Enforcement Acts
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Amnesty Act of 1872
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Freedman's Bureau terminated
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Lame-duck Congress passes Civil Right act
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Disputed election
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Hays declared president; reconstruction ends
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The Compromise of 1877
