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Lincolns 10% Plan
Lincolns 10% plan was amnesty to all southeners who took oath to the Unite States. When 10% of voters in the election took oath they could form a new Goverment. Officials, Confederat Goverment and military could not take oath or be pardoned. -
Wade Davis Bill
It was the alternate to Lincolns plan in 1864. White Males in confederate state take oath to the Union. Lincoln blocked it with a pocket veto which means he jus left this bill unsigned sitting on his desk, -
13th Amendment
Banning slavery in the United States -
Lincolns Assasination
After General Lee Surenders in the war on April 9th 1865, president Abraham Lincoln was assasinated 5 days later. He was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth a southner angry about losing the war. -
Johnson's Plan
Johnsons plan was amnesty for thoes taking oath of loyalty. Wealthy people who were confederates were not aloud to take oath. He required states to ratify 13th Amendment. The who were not aloud to take oath had to come and personally ask for pardon. -
Civil Rights Act
It Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States. Black were aloud to own property. They were treated equaly in court and aloud to Sue. -
14th Amendment
Granted Citizenship to all persons born in the United States and declared that no state could deprive any person tof life, liberty, or property with out due of process law. -
Military Reconstruction
It passed the 14th and the 15th Amendments. It divided the south into 5 military districts. It guarenteed voting rights, and protected voting rights for African Americans. Empowered African Americans in goverment and Education. -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson was impeached because he broke laws that he saw as unconstitutional. He was aquited by just one vote -
15th Amendment
The right of vote could not be dinied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Ku Klux Klan Act
This act was made to protect African Americans from the KKK. The KKK was a white supremist group created by former confederate soldiers who killed inocent black people, burned down their schools, homes, and churches. -
Panic of 1873
The panic of 1873 was an economic depression, that lasted from 1873 to 1877. A big part of the economy problems was overproduction of railroads because this industry took of at this time in the United States. -
Whiskey Ring
This was a group of republican poloticians were distilling alcohol illegally, and they were cheating the goverment out of millions of tax dollars of alcohol. -
Comprimise of 1877
The comprimise of 1877 was after the controversial election of 1876. It was that the republican Hayes becomes president because the North gives the South control of Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. -
Freedman's Bureau
This was an agency to hepl freed slaves. It helped them with food, places to stay, medical, and schooling.
