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Reconstruction
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Ten Percent Plan
A state could come back to the union if 10 percent of the voters swore a loyalty oath to the union and to end slavery -
Lincoln Vetoes Wade-Davis bill
The wade-Davis Bill was a law to give power back to planters. lincoln pocket vetoed it. -
lincoln Re-elected
Lincoln started his plan for reconstruction before the war was over and before he was re-elected. -
Congress creates Freedmen´s Bureau
This helped the freed African-Amecicans in their transition from slavery to freedom. -
Lincoln Assassinated; Johnson becomes president
Lincoln was assassinated at Ford´s theater in Washington, D.C. -
Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House - Civil War ends
The civil war was over when Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox. -
13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery -
mississippi enacts first Black Code
Black codes are laws that resiricted blacks freedoms and making them work for low wages. -
Johnson Declares Reconstruction Complete
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Radical Republicans
A faction of American politicians within the republican party. They were pro-slavery and anti-reconstruction. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd reconstruction Acts
it divided the south into 5 military districts. -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson was impeached because he was corrupting the govt. -
14th Amendment Ratified
The 14th amendment makes all people born in the U.S. citizens. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
He was the best president choice for the people. -
Sharecropping
landowners did not have money to pay back workers so they gave away the land. -
15th Amendment Ratified
Gave African American men the right to vote. -
Enforcement Acts
3 bills that protected African Americans right to vote and serve in juries -
Amnesty Act of 1872
It removed voting restrictions on people who rebelled in the Civil War. -
Freedmens Bureau Terminated
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Lame-duck Congress Passes Civil Rights Act
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Disputed Election
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Compromise of 1877
Settled disputed election and pulled troops out of the south and ended reconstruction. -
Hayes Declared President; Reconstruction Ends
