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Ten-Percent Plan
Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan - 10% of the Confederate population had to swear loyalty to the Union -
Wade-Davis Bill
Radical Republican's Reconstruction Plan - Majority of the Confederate population had to swear loyalty to the Union -
Lincoln's Assasination
Lincoln was at a theatre when Wilkes Booth, a popular southern actor, snuck into the President's box and shot him in the head. -
Andrew Johnson's Becomes President
After Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Johnson became President. -
Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan
Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan - Majority of the Confederate population had to swear loyalty to the Union and they had to ratify the 13th Amendment. -
Black Codes
A series of laws limiting freed men's rights. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan tried to keep African Americans and Republicans out of office with violence and threats. -
Poll Taxes
A price that you needed to pay in order to vote. This was made to keep African Americans from voting. -
Literacy Test
A test that you needed to take to prove that you are literate in order to vote. This was made to keep African Americans from voting. -
Grandfather Clause
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests kept African Americans and kept poor illiterate white people from voting. To get the white people to vote, Grandfather Clauses said that if your grandfather or father voted before 1867,p you could bypass the Literacy Test. -
Sharecropping
A landowner rents out his land to poor white and black people. These people get a house and land to farm, but they had to give a portion of their crops to the landowner. -
Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson started firing multiple military commanders so he was tried for impeachment. -
"New South"
The cotton industry started up again. The South started mining coal and iron. This was called the "New South".