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10% Plan
10% of all people in a state had to swear that they were loyal to the union and they could form state governments, lincoln tried to allow south to rejoin union -
Wade-Davis Bill
Rival plan to the 10% plan, needed majority of white southerners to pledge loyalty and denied rights to vote/hold office for confederate soldiers. -
Freedmen Bureau
A plan to give freed slaves and poor whites land, money, and housing in the south after the civil war -
13th Ammendment
Outlawed slavery in the U.S, not allowing slavery to exist anywhere in the united states territory -
Lincoln Assasinaton
Lincoln got shot by booth, a popular southern actor 5 days after lee surrendered at the courthouse -
Johnson Becomes President
Johnson became the president after Lincoln got killed, he stayed in union loyalty even he is from Tennessee, a racist president -
Ku Klux Klan is formed
The KKK wanted to keep republicans and blacks out of the government by using force and violence, threats and lynching -
Civil Rights Act
Allowed african americans to vote and gave them citizenship, and johnson vetoed it, but the congress override the veto n order to pass this act out -
Reconstruction Act
Plan made by the radical republicans to help rebuild the south after the civl war, a stricter and more "radical" plan to force south pledge loyalty and swear oath to union -
Johnson almost got Impeached
he was one vote shy of being impeached by the congress due to his racism and his pursue of white supremacy -
14th Ammendment
made racism illegal, no discrimination against all races in the united states -
Ulysses S. Grant is Elected
usysees s. grant becomes president, made republicans more powerful, gains control in the government (by the north) -
15th Ammendment
all races can vote (blacks included) but still not women (gender equality) -
Violence to prevent voting is a crime
passed by congress to try and end the KKK and white supremacy, passed to limit kkk activities and gain more power for republicans and allowing blacks to vote again -
Ammnesty Act
allowed white southerners to vote, more fair and power in government for democrats, benefit south