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Second Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issues the second Emancipation Proclamation, which frees all slaves in states that were still for slavery. -
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Reconstruction Era
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10 Percent Plan
Lincoln issues the 10 percent plan, which was also called Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. Southern states had to vote 10 percent of the whole state they would form together with the Union. -
Wade Davis Bill
The Wade Davis required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a oath to the Union, and states would have to give blacks the right to vote. Lincoln pocket veto's it, because he wants to stick to his 10 percent plan. -
13th Amendemnt
The 13th Amendment was approved and it was then ratified in December of 1865. It abolished slavery. -
End of the Civil War
The surrender of General Robert E Lee to the Union at Appomattox was officially the end of the Civil War. He surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Lincoln Gets Assassinated
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, in which he was shot in the head in Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C -
Andrew Johnson becomes President
Since President Lincoln got assassinated in Ford's Theater, which then because of presidential succession, Andrew Jackson, the Vice President, became President. -
The Ku Klux Klan was formed
A group that only favored a certain race, which was white and wanted to have justice and have the other be served was formed. It was a huge group and it hurt the feelings between colored and non colored people. -
The 14th Amendment was passed
The 14th Amendment was passed by Congress and the Senate providing additional rights to ex-slaves. It gives the ex-slaves the same citizen rights as anyone else. -
The first Reconstruction Acts were passed
The first four Reconstruction Acts were passed over President Johnson's Veto. It was also referred to as the Military Reconstruction Act