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Lincoln announces Ten Percent Plan
This plan said that a state could be readmitted to the Union if ten percent of its male voters swore to a loyalty oath to the Union and agreed to stop slavery. -
Lincoln re-elected
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Lincoln vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill declared that the states had to accept the end of slavery and had to grant the right that all African American men could vote. -
13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress
The 13th Amendment officially abolishes slavery. -
Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
This established an office that would help formerly enslaved slaves to becoming full citizens of the U.S. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House- Civil War ends
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Lincoln assasinated; Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
Black Codes were basically laws that didn't protect or give the African American's any rights. They denied the blacks the right to votes and the ability to work free labor. The African Americans were basically slaves again. They were considered the second class. -
Johnson declares Reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans were people that wanted equaltity amung all people. They always tried to do everything they could so that African Americans had the same rights and freedoms as the white people had. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconsruction Acts
The first Reconstruction Act divided the South into five military districs, each governed by a general of the Union Army and they were controlled by the federal troops that were put there. The people also had to take loyalty oaths to the Union. -
Johnson Impeached
In 1868, Congress tried to limit Johnson's power by passing a law called the Tenure of Office Act. It prohibited a president from removing an executive department officer who had been chosen by a previous president. Johnson vetoed this Act, but then Congress overrode his veto. After that Johnson became unpopular amoungst the people and failed to win the next Presidental election. -
14th Amendmant Ratified
This Amendmant granted freedom of equailty to all people and citizens of the United States. It also abolished the 3/5 Compromise from the Constituition that said that 3/5 of all the slaves in each state counted toward the population. Now every single person can be taken account of toward the population. It declared all freed slaves citizens. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
Ulysses Grant was a republican. He followed a more reasonable and balanced path for the Reconstruction. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is when a landowner kind of rents his land to a farmer and the owner would recieve a share of the crops produced. It would be a way as paying the owner back almost. The landowner also could provide seeds and tools for the farmer. The farmer also repays the debt from the land after the farmer sells some of its goods. This was a way for African American people to work and also get money. -
15th Amendment ratified
The Amendment stated that all African American men could now vote. -
Enforcement Acts
They were criminal codes which protected African-Americans' right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws and rights. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
These acts allowed many former Confederate soldiers to run for public office and vote. This cause lots of violence, intmidation and terrorizing amoungst people that kept away many of the republicans and the African Americans. -
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
During this compromise, the Democrats agreed to accept the ballots that inaugurated President Rutherford Hayes in exchange for the Republicans to withdraw the federal troops from the South.
