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Reconstruction
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Linclon announces Ten Percent Plan
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. A loyalty oath is a pledge of allegiance. -
Lincoln re-elected
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Licoln vetos the Wade Davis bill
This bill required the states to accept the end of slavery and to grant all African American men the right to vote. -
The 13th amendment was approved and ratified by congress
The 13th amendment ended slavery in the U.S.A. -
Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
It helped former slaves with things they need to live. -
Lee surrenders at appomattox court house - civil war ends
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Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts first black code
Black codes rejected black people from having land and they couldn't work for free. -
Johnson declares reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
They supported Lincoln's plan for reconstruction and they were concerned Lincoln's plan would leave to much power for the south. -
1st, 2nd and 3rd reconstrucion acts
The first reconstruction act split the souths army. -
Johnson impeaced
He was acussed of a crime -
14th amendment ratified
It gave citizenship to anyone born on US soil. -
Ulysses Grant elected
Ulysses Grant was big in the north and withdrew all Union troops from the south. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping lets people use there land for a portion of the food they grow. -
15th amendment ratified
Makes sure everyone gets a right to vote everywhere -
Enforcement acts
They helped African Americans keeps there rights like right to vote. -
Freedmen's Bureau terminated
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Amnesty act of 1872
It removed voting discrimination from secessionists. -
Lame duck congress passes civil rights act
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Disputed election
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Hayes declard persident. Reconstruction ends
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Compromies of 1877
It settled intensity from the election and pulled Union troops out of the south and ended reconstruction.
