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Lincoln announces Ten Percent Plan
In this plan, Lincoln states that as long as 10% of voters in the state take an oath swearing their loyalty to the Union. -
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Reconstruction
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Lincoln Vetos Wade-Davis Bill
This bill required half of a states voters to take a loyalty oath before their state could be readmitted, making it more strict than Lincolns amnesty plan. -
Lincoln Re-Elected
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13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress
The 13th Amendment freed all slaves, and stated that they were no longer able to be held as property. -
Congress creates the Freedmans Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was a group created by Congress to help formerly enslaved people ot become full US citizens. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
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Lincoln Assassinated; Johnson becomes President
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
The Black Codes were simply a series of laws that made black people second-class citizens. -
Johnson declares Reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans valued that civil rights of black people be preserved after the Civil War. They were dangerous because they favored harshly punishing Confederate supporters. -
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Reconstruction Acts
The 1st reconstruction act divided the south into five military districts, each led by a military commander. -
Johnson Impeached
The Radical Republicans in Congress thought that Johnsons plan was too harsh. -
14th Amendment Ratified
It was to undo legal concessions that had been made to slavery since the writing of the Constitution. -
Ulysses S. Grant Elected
Grnat followed a more moderate path for reconstruction, removing union troops from the south. -
Sharecropping
a landowner rents a piece of land to a farmer in exchange for a share of the crop the farmer grows -
15th Amendment Ratified
Granted voting rights to african-american men -
Enforcement Acts
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. -
Freedmens Bureau Temrminated
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Amnesty Act of 1872
this allowed former confederated to run for office -
Lame-Duck Congress passes Civil-rights act
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Disputed Election
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Compromise of 1877
The Republicans agreed that if Hayes became president the troops would be removed from the south -
Hayes Delcared President
