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Reconstruction
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Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan
Lincoln proposed a plan of amnesty for Confederate soldiers and states. A Confederate State could be readmitted into the Union if ten percent of its voters swore loyalty to the Union and acknowledged the end of slavery -
Lincoln vetos Wade-Davis Bill
Lincoln vetos a bill created by Radical Republicans that demanded states give Freedman the right to vote and required half of the voters to swear a loyalty oath to the Union and swear they never supported the rebellion, in exchange for reinstatement into the Union. -
Lincoln is re-elected
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General Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House which ends the Civil War
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Lincoln is assinated and Andrew Johnson becomes President
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Congress creates Freedman's Bureau
In 1865 Congress created the Freedman's Bureau which helped freed blacks and poor white southerners. -
Mississippi enacts first Black Codes
Black Codes were enacted to restablish white superiority in the South. -
Andrew Johnson declares end of Reconstruction
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Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery as well as involuntary servitude. -
Radical Republicans
The Radical Republicans want to have equal rights for everyone. They play a danger in Reconstruction because they do not want whites to be in control of the South, rather equal rights for black and whites. -
Reconstruction Acts
The Reconstruction Acts outlined what had to happen in order for -
Andrew Johnson is Impeached
Andrew Johnson was impeached for "high crimes and misdeamors." However, this was not the main reason. He had removed Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War. from office which violated the Tenure of Office Act. -
Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States as well as freed slaves. -
Ulysses S. Grant is elected President
Throughout his Presidency, Grant worked to remove traces of Confederate nationality and to protect the rights of African Americans. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system in agriculture where a landowner allows a tenant to use part of the lan to grow crops in return for a share of the crops. -
Ratification of the Fifthteenth Amendment
The Fifthteenth Amendment prohibits the federal of state governemnt denying a person the right to vote because of race, color or former servitude. -
Enforcement Acts
The Enforcement Acts protected the right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and to recieve the same protection whites had over their rights. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
The Amnesty Act of 1872 removed voting restrictions on rebels except for around 500 Confederate Officers. -
Freedmen's Bureau Terminated
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Lame-duck Congress passes Civil Rights Act
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Disputed Election
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Hayes declared President; Reconstruction ends
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Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction and pulled Union troops out of the South.
