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Lincoln's Reconstruction
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Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan
Lincoln’s plan to re-introduce the confederacy to the union. Also known as the 10% plan for the number of southerners who needed to pledge to the union. -
Wade-Davis Bill
A more extreme bill countering Lincoln’s. Requires 50% and for the south to give blacks suffrage. Vetoed by Lincoln -
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Radical Republicans
A political party grown from the abolitionist movement that pushed for more rights to blacks as well as harsher penalties on former confederates. -
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Black Codes
Certain laws passed to ensure white supremacy in the south, counteracting the emancipation proclamation and 13th amendment. -
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Klu Klux Klan
A Radical white supremacist terrorist group. -
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Freedmen's Bureau
A federal bureau to help the many newly freed slave make a new life in the union. Provided aid. -
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The great Constitutional revolution.
The name for the amendments and changes to the constitution that defined reconstruction at a political level. -
Special Field Order 15
A land distribution order giving a area of former confederate land to the use of newly freed black slaves. -
Lincoln’s Assassination
John Wilkes Booth shoots and kills president Lincoln at a play in Washington D.C. -
13th Amendment
Amendment abolishing slavery at a national level. Forcing all states to stop practicing the act of slavery. -
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Presidential (Johnson's) Reconstruction
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Civil Rights Bill of 1866
Congress overrides Johnson’s Veto and passes a bill that makes all people born in US territory citizens except for indians. -
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Reconstruction Act
The bill that would oversee the reintroduction of confederate states into the union. Written by radical republicans it was against both Lincoln’s and Johnson’s more lenient policies. -
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Scalawags
A southerner who supported republican ideals at the time. Pro-reconstruction. -
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Congressional Reconstruction
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Impeachment of president Johnson
The attempted impeachment of President Johnson by a majority republican congress. Passed in the house. -
14th Amendment
Amendment that made all peoples born in the united states territories citizens with equal protection under the constitution. -
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Enforcement Acts
A group of acts intended to prevent the violence towards blacks in the south. Showed the intent of the north to protect blacks. -
15th Amendment
Granted universal male suffrage to all eligible peoples. Included former slaves. -
Sharecropping
The practice of having tenants rent land to farm in exchange for a portion of the profits. Used by former slaves to try to gain financial stability. -
Slaughterhouse Cases
The first supreme court case that tested the 14th amendment. It showed that the 14th amendments purpose was purely to protect blacks and not a gaining of rights for others. -
Civil Rights act of 1875
Gave all people the rights to places such as stores, theaters, and other commercial places. Disallowed discrimination based on race. -
Bargain of 1877
Compromise where the republicans would be granted the presidency in exchange for the withdrawal of troops in the south and granting home rule. Ending reconstruction.
