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Wade-Davis Bill
The Radical Republican's response to the Ten-Percent Plan. This Bill proposed that Congress alone would be responsible for Reconstruction. Also stating for a state government to form, a majority eligible to vote, must take an oath to support the Constitution. -
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Reconstruction Period.
Reconstruction Period: The period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War. -
Andrew Johnson Becomes President
After Lincoln's assassination, his successor Andrew Johnson, was left to deal with the Reconstruction controversy. Johnson often took on harsh deals with the Confederate Leaders despite being a Southerner, which this caused Johnson to be considered a traitor. -
Presidential Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson announces his own plan of Presidential Reconstruction. WHich declared that each remaining Confederate state could rejoin the union if they met certain conditions. -
Presidential Reconstruction comes to a standstill
Radical Republican legislators claimed that Reconstruction was complete. Although some argued the South stayed the exact same anyways. -
Freedmen's Bureau
Congress voted to continue and enlarge the Freedmen's Bureau. Which assisted former slaves and poor whites within the South, by providing food and clothing. Even helping separated families come together. -
Civil Rights Act
Two months after the passing of the Freedmen's Bureau, COngress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866. This protected African American's citizenship rights. Forbidding any state from passing discriminatory laws. -
14th Amendment
In mid-1866, congress drafted the Fourteenth Amendment, which allowed for constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act. Which this Amendment stated, "all persons born or naturalized in the United states." citizens of the country. -
Enforcement Act of 1870
This protected the voting Rights of African Americans. Also gave power to the government to pass the 15th amendment.
