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Reconstruction
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Lincoln Announces Ten Percent Plan
Requires ten percent of voters from each seceded state to take an oath against the Confederacy if the seceded states were to rejoin the Union. -
Lincoln Reelected
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Lincoln Vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
If passed, the Wade-Davis Bill would've made it illegal for blacks to vote in a state without approval from 50% of white voters in that state. -
Congress Creates Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was created to help freed slaves become full citizens. -
Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House -- Civil War Ends
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Lincoln Assassainated; Johnson Becomes President
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Mississippi Enacts First Black Codes
These laws were an attempt by white Southerners to limit black rights. They took away rights like voting, and made segregation legal, -
13th Amendment Approved and Ratified by Congress
The 13th Amendment abolished all slavery in America. -
Johnson Declares the Reconstruction Complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans were Republicans who never approved of slavery or really trusted former Confederates. They also approved of civil rights, equality, and wanted all freedmen to have the right to vote. -
1st, 2nd and 3rd Reconstruction Acts
These acts split the states formerly known as the Confederacy into 5 militarized districts, and stated that each district would be under the control of a Union general. -
Johnson Impeached
After Johnson decided to finally get rid of Stanton, Stanton refused and locked himself in his office. Congress took Stanton's side in all of this, and Johnson was impeached. -
14th Amendment Ratified
The 14th Amenedment gave citizenship to everyone born or naturalized in the United States. -
Ulysses S. Grant Elected
Grant was a man of honesty and good character, but many considered him politically inept. His cabinet was considered unethical, and his political victories were few throughout his two terms. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping was a system of labor in which landowners allowed farmers to use their land for farming as long as a large portion of the crops were returned to them. -
15th Amendment Ratified
The 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. -
Enforcement Acts
The Enforcement Acts were three laws that protected the rights of black men like voting, or running for public office -
Amnesty Act of 1872
This law restored voting rights to all Southerners save 500
ex-Confederates. -
Freedmen's Bureau Terminated
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Lame-Duck Congress Passes Civil Rights Act
In a last-ditch effort to preserve the Reconstruction, the Republican-controlled Congress passed a bill to gurantee freedom of access to all men. -
The Disputed Election
Candidates for Presidency this year were Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. At first it looked as if Tilden had won but after the ballots from three final states were counted, the victory went to Hayes. -
Hayes Declared President; Reconstruction Ends
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Compromise of 1877
This compromise forced the world to accept the fact that Hayes won the presidential election.
