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Reconstruction
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Lincoln announces 10% plan
10% of a state had to pledge loyalty to be readmitted to the union. -
Lincoln vetoes the Wade-Davis bill
The Wade-Davis bill stated that 50% of a state had to pledge loyalty to the union and all the slaves had to be free to join the union. -
Lincoln re-elected
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13th Amendment is approved and ratified at Congress
The thirteenth amendment freed all slaves -
Congress creates the freedmen's Bureau
The Bureau is a welfare agency to help freed slaves in the USA -
Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House- Civil War Ends
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Johnson declares reconstruction complete
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Mississipi enacts first Black Code
The Black codes are laws that made Blacks second class citezins to whites. The laws included no marriage between Black and White, No Blacks on juries, No voting rights, and more severe punishments for them. -
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans want Black equality with whites. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd reconstruction acts
the first act divided the south into 5 military districts -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson was impeached because he broke the Office Tenure act -
14th amendment ratified
Everyone born in the United States would become a citizen -
ulysses s grant elected
Ulyses s grant was a moderate republican who drew troops out of the south -
Sharecropping
The landowner buys a share from the farmer who sells the crop and pays back his debt to the landowner. -
15th Amendment ratified
It gave African Americans the right to vote -
Enforcement Acts
They protected african americans the right to vote -
Amnesty Act of 1872
This act let former confederates run for 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
This compromise let the army out of the south if Hayes became president
