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Reconstruction
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Lincoln announces Ten Percent Plan
The Ten Percent Plan states that if ten percent of a former Confederate state's voters swore loyalty to the Union and pledged to end slavery, then that state could be readmitted to the Union. -
Lincoln vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill states that if half of a state's voters agree to the end of slavery, then all African American men in that state would be allowed to vote. -
Lincoln re-elected
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13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress
The Thirteenth Amendment granted freedom to slaves and would not be considered property to be sold. -
Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was established as an agency to help former slaves become citizens with equal rights and to give them supplies to help them prosper. -
Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House -- Civil War ends
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Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
Black Codes are laws that made African Americans second-class citizens and denied them basic rights. -
Johnson declares Reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans are Republicans who have strong feelings toward the freedom of slaves. They favored harsh treatment towards Confederate soldiers and will do anything to help them become free and have equal rights. They pose the threat of starting another war aginst the South. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction Acts
The 1st Reconstruction Act, or the Military Reconstruction Act, divided the South into five military districts, each governed by a Union general and controlled by federal troops. To be readmitted to the Union, they had to create a new constitution approved by Congress, ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, and guarantee the right to vote to African Americans. Also, former Confederates had to take oaths stating loyalty to the U.S. before being allowed to vote. -
Johnson impeached
Congress tried to limit Johnson's power by passing the Tenure of Office Act which prohibited a president from removing an executive department officer who had been appointed by a previous president and Johnson broke this law when he fired Edwin M. Stanton, the secretary of war who happened to be a Radical Republican causing him to be impeached. -
14th Amendment ratified
The 14th Amendment protected the right to vote for African Americans and declared freed slaves citizens with full rights. It also annulled the Dred Scott decision, which stated that African Americans were not and would never be citizens with rights. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
Ulysses S. Grant was a Republican and was also a Union general during the Civil War. He had a more moderate path towards Reconstruction and in 1871, withdrew Union troopos from the South. In that year, the Freedmen's Bureau shut down. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is when a landowner rents a piece of land to a farmer in exchange for a share of the crop that farmer grows. -
15th Amendment ratified
The 15th Amendment stated that the right of citizens to vote shall not denied based on race or former slavery. -
Enforcement Acts
The Enforcement Acts were three bills that protects African American's rights to vote and have equal rights as white men. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
The Amnesty Act of 1872 allowed former Confederates to run for public office. -
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 got three southern states to accept that Hayes was president.
