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Wade Davis Bill
This bill was passed for the reconstruction of the south to let the union to readmitt. They also had to make %50 of the white males to let the blacks vote. -
Freeman's Bureau Created
This was put in to allow the blacks to be able to have school's and to be able to get education. -
Lee surrenders to Grant
At the battle of the Appomattox court house general Grant got general Lee to surrender. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Lincoln got assassinated at the Ford Theater by John Wilkes Booth. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was for the slaves to be free and allowed to be a free man. -
KKK formed
it was formed by white males to kill the slaves and blacks -
credit mobilier scandal
it was when the union was building the railroad and they were giving companies money and railroad way and they were getting more than they were supposed to. -
Military Reconstruction Act
After the war the North sent military troops down to the south to make them stay in line and keep in check to stay on the rules. They tried to get them to readmitt to the union. -
Tenure of Office Act
This was a rule that was put in line to make sure the president didn't have to much power. it allowed the congress to also make decisions and be allowed to veto things. -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson was impeached because the south wanted him out and set him up with rules that he by law broke but was set up by the people in the congress and others. He finished his term out but was still impeached. -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment allowed citizenship to anyone who was born in the united states. -
Ulysses s. grant elected
Grant was elected over Horatio Seymour -
15th amendment
The 15th amendment allowed African Americans the right to vote. -
compromise of 1877
it was an informal unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. -
Civil Rights Act of 1886
was the first law that allowed equally rights to all American citizens.
