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Period: to
post civil war reconstruction
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Lincoln Announces 10 Percent Plan
A state can be readmitted to the union if 10 percent of the voters swore a oath to the union. -
Wade-Davis Bill vetoed
This is a proposed bill that tried to make states accept the end of slavery and grant African American men the right to vote. -
lincoln is re--elected
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13th amendment ratified and approved by congress
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution said that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime" would be allowed in the united states -
Congress creates Freedman bureau
The freedman bureau was a welfare agency for freed slaves. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox
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Lincoln is Shot at Ford's Theatre
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Mississippi Enacts first black codes
Black codes were laws that limited African Americans and took away alot of their rights -
Radical Republicans
They were republicans that tried to secure the rights of blacks. -
1st,2nd,and 3rd Reconstruction acts
The first act ratified the 14th amendment in the south. -
Johnson is impeached
He is impeached because he violated the Tenure of Office Act. -
14th amendment ratified
It officially ended slavery. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected as president
He followed a moderate plan of reconstruction. He also withdrew Union troops from the south. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced. -
15th amendment ratified
It granted African-American men the right to vote -
Enforcment Acts
Acts that protected African-Americans right to vote. -
Amnesty act of 1872
It was a United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification. -
Freedmans bureau terminated
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Lame Duck Congress passes Civil Rights Act
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Disputed election
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Hayes declared president ; Reconstruction ends
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Compromise of 1877
An un-written deal that settled the intensely dispute 1876 election.
