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Amnesty for southerners
President Lincoln offered amnesty for southerners who took a oath of loyalty to the United States and accepted the Union's proclamations concerning slavery. -
Wade Davis Bill
This is a bill written by two radical republicans, where the majority of adult males in Confederate states to take an oat of allegiance to the Union. -
Johnson's Plan
Johnson introduced what he called his restoration program, which was very close to Lincoln's plan. He offered pardon for all former citezens of the Confederacy who took an oath to the Union and returned their property. -
Black codes
These codes severly limited African Americans rights. -
Ku Klux Klan is formed
The Ku Klux Klan is formed in Pulaski, Tennessee by former Confederate soldiers. They wanted to intimidate African American voters so that they would stay out of politics. -
Howard University
The institution Howard University was founded in Washighton, D.C., and this was a seminary for African Americans. -
The Fourteenth Amendment was passed
This reconstruction amendment granted citizenship to all people naturalized in the United States. -
African Americans begin to campaign
With the passage of the 15th Amendment, many blacks began participating in politics. -
Education
By 1870, over 4,000 schools had opened across the south for African Americans. 9,0000 teachers taught almost 200,000 students of all ages in the newly established schools. -
Congress passes three Enforcement Acts
President Ulysses S. Grant is outraged at the actions of the Ku Klux Klan. He convinces Congress to pass three Enforcement Acts to try and stop the violoence in the south. -
Panic of 1873
Dozens of banks closed and the stock market plummeted. This caused many buisnesses to close and unemployment rates to go up. -
President Ulysses S. Grant
Civil War hero Ulysses Grant is elected president. He believed that the the president's job was to carry out the laws and leave the development of policy to Congress. -
Whiskey Ring scandal
The Whiskey Ring scandal happened when a group of government officails and distillers in Missoiri cheated the government out of millions of dollars by filing false tax reports. -
Compromise of 1877
To resolve the election of 1876 which was heavily disputed, Congress appointed a 15 person commission to decide the election. Rutherford Hayes wins the election and this became know as the Compromise of 1877. -
New South Arises
Many southerners realize that the south can never return to the way that it was before the civil war and try to move on. The north helpes to build many thousands of miles of railroads and helped to develope the industry in the south.
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