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lincolns plan was created before the civil war and specified that a southern state could be readmitted if 10% of its voters swore to an oath of allegiance to the union.
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The wade davis bill reqired for everone, all states to accept the end of slavery and the right for all blacks to vote.
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the freedmens' bureau was esablished in march, 1865 to help enslaved people become full citizens.
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Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states restricting Afirican Americans from their freedom, right to vote, marry a white person, serve in a jury. etc.
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the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the united states
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The Radical Republicans were those who were against lincoln's plan and way of thinking. they created a strict plan to help free slaves and their rights.
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the first reconstruction act, also know as the military reconstruction act divided the south into 5 military districts . each district was to be controlled by a general from the union and federal troops.
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andrew johnson was impeached because he violated an act passed by congress by trying to replace Edwin Stanton with General Lorenzo Thomas.
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Grant was an agressive and determined leader. he called off and shut down some of the things andrew johnson had created.
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the 14th amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws in response to issues related to slaves. it protectes african american rights.
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sharcropping is a system in which a landowner allows a farmer to use his land in exchange for the crops produced on their portion of land.
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the fifteenth amendment prohibts the federal and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race/color.
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the enforcement acts were three bills passed by the United States Congress. They were criminal codes that protected African-Americans' right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws.
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a U.S federal law that removed voting and office-holding restrictions on most former members of the confederacy.
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this comrposmise led the republicans to move the federal troops from the south and it was the end reconstruction
