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reconstruction
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Lincoln announces Ten Percent Plan
lincolns plan was created before the civil war and specified that a southern state could be readmitted if 10% of its voters swore to an oath of allegiance to the union. -
lincoln vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
The wade davis bill reqired for everone, all states to accept the end of slavery and the right for all blacks to vote. -
lincoln reelected
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Congress creates Freedmens' Bureau
the freedmens' bureau was esablished in march, 1865 to help enslaved people become full citizens. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House - Civil War ends
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Lincoln Assasinated; Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts fist Black Code
Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states restricting Afirican Americans from their freedom, right to vote, marry a white person, serve in a jury. etc. -
13th Amendment approved and ratified by congress
the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the united states -
Johnson declares reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
The Radical Republicans were those who were against lincoln's plan and way of thinking. they created a strict plan to help free slaves and their rights. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction Acts
the first reconstruction act, also know as the military reconstruction act divided the south into 5 military districts . each district was to be controlled by a general from the union and federal troops. -
Johnson Impeached
andrew johnson was impeached because he violated an act passed by congress by trying to replace Edwin Stanton with General Lorenzo Thomas. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
Grant was an agressive and determined leader. he called off and shut down some of the things andrew johnson had created. -
14th amendement ratified
the 14th amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws in response to issues related to slaves. it protectes african american rights. -
Sharecropping
sharcropping is a system in which a landowner allows a farmer to use his land in exchange for the crops produced on their portion of land. -
15th Amendment Ratified
the fifteenth amendment prohibts the federal and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race/color. -
Enforcement Acts
the enforcement acts were three bills passed by the United States Congress. They were criminal codes that protected African-Americans' right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
a U.S federal law that removed voting and office-holding restrictions on most former members of the confederacy. -
Freedmen's Bureau terminated
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Lame Duck Congress passed 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 comrposmise led the republicans to move the federal troops from the south and it was the end reconstruction
