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Reconstruction
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Lincon announces Ten Percent Plan
The Ten Percent Plan was when a state could be readmitted if 10% of its voters swore a loyalty oath to the Union and agreed to end slavery. -
Lincon vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
This bill was a bill that required the states to accept the end of slavery and to grant all African American men the right to vote. -
Lincon re-elected
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Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
Its welfare agency to help formerly enslaved people become full citizens. It included handing out food and clothing, building schools and hospitals, and helping find missing family members. -
Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House-Civil War Ends
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Lincon assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
The black codes were laws passed by the South that restriced blacks to work or own land. The south also restricted their freedom. -
Johnson declares reconstruction complete
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13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress
It abolished slavery in North America, but punishment for crime had to be accepted in the United States. -
Radical Republicans
The Radical Republicans were a wing of the Republican Party that were organized around and uncompromised opposition to slavery. They believed that balcks deserve the same rights as the whites, which effected the Recostruction plan causing more tension. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstuction Acts
The first reconstruction act that divided the South into 5 districts, each of which will be goverened by the U.S military until a new governement was established. -
Johnson impeached
President Andrew Johnson vetoed many bills that were passed by congress. Congress did not like this and so they felt that Johnson was abusing his power of presidency, so they wanted to get rid of him. He then got impeached. -
14th Amdendment ratified
The 14th amdenment addressed citizens' rights and equal protection of the laws. It was proposed due to a result of issues with slavery. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
He was a president that worked with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory. He was also the 18th president of the United States. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land. -
15th Amendment ratified
The 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. -
Enforcement Acts
The enforcement acts were 3 bills passed by the US Congress. They were criminal codes, which protected the African-American rights to vote,to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
The Amnesty Act of 1872 was a United States federal law that removed voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification against most of the secessionists who rebelled in the American Civil War. -
Freedmens Bureau terminated
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Lame-duck Congress passes Civil rights Act
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Diputed election
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Hayes declared president; Reconstruction ends
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Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era.
