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Reconstrucrion
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Lincoln Announces 10% Plan
Lincoln's 10% plan said that a state could be readmitted to the union if 10% of it's voters swore loyalty to the union and agreed to end slavery. -
Lincoln is re-elected
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Lincoln vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill required states to accept the end of slavey and grant Afircan Americans the right right to vote. -
Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was a welfare agency that helped enslaved people become citizens and gove other services such as provide food. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House- Civil War Ends
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Lincoln Assassanated: Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
The Black Codes were laws that resrticted Afican Americans from voting and made them second class citizens. -
Johnson declares reconstruction complete
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Johnson Declares Reconstuction Complete
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13th Amendment approved and rattified by Congress
The 13th Amendment freed Afircan Americans that were no longer slaves and they cannot sold or be seperated from their family. -
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans insisted that the federal govt. should protect the rights of freed slaves. Favored harsh tratment on fromer confederates. -
1st, 2nd, 3rd Reconstruction
The 1st reconstruction act divided the south into 5 sdistricts governed by the Union Federal Army troops. -
Johnson is impeached
Johnson was impeached because he violated the tenure of the office act -
14th Amendment rattified
The 14th Amendement granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
He followed more of a moderate path for reconstruction. He called for the removal of of federal troops in the south. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system to pay for the peole working on your land. They exchange land for food. -
15th Amendment rafified
The 15th Amendment allowed every man to vote no matter ehat race he was. -
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. -
Freedmen's Bureau Terminated
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Amnesty Act of 1872
The Amnesty Acts allowed former confederates to run for office except for the 500 military leaders. -
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 the Compromise of 1877 Hayes became president in exchamge of the republicans agreeing to remove federal troops from the southern states.
