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President Andrew Johnson's Plan
The president announced his plans for Reconstruction, which reflected both his loyalty to the Union and his firm belief in states’ rights. In Johnson’s mind the southern states had never given up their right to govern themselves, and the federal government had no right to determine voting requirements or other questions at the state level. -
Freedmen’s Bureau
Under Johnson’s Presidential Reconstruction, all land that had been taken by the Union Army and distributed to the freed slaves by the army. Also many schools and universities were opened to teach all African-Americans to read and write -
Black Code
Southern states create laws restricting rights of African Americans. Limiting the rights of African American's -
Ku Klux Klan is formed
A secret organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule is founded in Pulaski, Tennessee. -
Reconstruction Acts
Congress divides the former Confederacy into five military districts and requires elections in which African American men can vote. -
Fourteenth Amendment ratified
This new law guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected President
The former Union general becomes the 18th president. He would implement many new laws that would end reconstruction. -
South is destroyed because of the war
100 million dollars were lost in the South from the fighting, 1/5 of white men were killed during the war as well. The South's economy was in shambles
