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This plan was made by President Lincoln, who was trying to recontruct the United States. This plan meant that any Southern State could be readmitted into the Union once 10% of its voters swore to the union allegiance.
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The Wade-Davis bill was a bill made for the Reconstruction of the South. This Bill was similar to the 10% plan but this bill stated that southern states could rejoin the union if 50% of its voters swore an "ironclad oath" allegiance to the United States.
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Many Northerners loved Lincoln's leadership and policies, because of the amount of people that loved so much, he was reelected.
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The 13th amendment abolished slavery! It was ratifed on December 6th by congress.
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At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, which lead to the end of the war, causing the Union to win!
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On this day, one of the most favorited president was asassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth obviously disagreed waith Lincoln's ideas and ways, in fact he was a confederate sympathizer. Booth shot Lincoln during a show at Ford's Thetare in Washington, DC. Andrew Johnson, a family member of Lincoln took his place in office.
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Freedmans Bureau was established by the Congress to help freed slaves and poor white men in the South during reconstruction.
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After the Civil War, Southern states passed laws then restricted the rights of the freed blacks, and made some unfair changes to their freedom.
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Andrew Johnson believed that reconstruction was "over" or "complete". Many others disagreed with his decision. Radical Republicans were upset about this, and decided to unacknowledge new Souther States.
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Radical Republicans were people apart of American politicans and were in the Republican party. They believed in equal rights of blacks. They wanted to redo reconstruction.
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The first reconstruction act was also known as the military reconstruction act. These acts basically divided the South into 5 military districts.
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Andrew Johnson was impeached for his "high crimes and misdemeanors" during office.
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Grant was elected in a tight election, and soon became He the symbol of Union victory during the Civil War.
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The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all who were born or naturalized in America.
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This was when black families would rent small plots of land in return of crops to the landowner.
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This amendment gave citizens of any race, color or previous condition, the right to vote.
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These were three acts passed by the Congress which granted African-Americans the right to vote, recieve equal protection on laws, and serve on juries.
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This bureau was terminized becaused many disgareed that freed African-Americans should recieve free land, including the president, which shot down the bureau altogether.
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A law passed by congress that aloowed rebellions from the Civil War to vote.
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An unformal deal that settled the disputes about presidency, and ended the reconstructional era.
