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reconstruction
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Lincolns Ten Percent Plan
A state could be readmitted if 10% of it's voters swore a loyalty oath to the unionand agreed to end slavery. -
Lincoln vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
A bill that required the states to accept the end of slavery and to grant all African-American men the right to vote. -
Lincoln re-elected
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13th Amendment approved and ratifed by Congress
There will be no longer slavery and could no longer be owned as property. -
Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
To help former slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
Laws that made African-Americans second-class citizens. -
Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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Johnson declares reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
They were memebers in the republican party who demanded the end of slavery and equal rights. -
1st, 2nd, 3rd reconstructed acts
It splits the south into 5 military districts under control from a northern general. -
Johnson impeached
He was trying to fire Edwin Stanton who was a radical republican. Johnson was trying to replace him with someone who would not enforce the law. -
14th Amendment ratified
It granted citizenship to all former slaves. -
Ulyesses S, Grant elected
He was moderate. -
ShareCropping
A landowner rents a piece of land to a farmer in exchange for a share of the crop the farmer grows. It is an economic system. -
15th Amendment ratified
It protected voting rights by prohibiting states from denying voting rights because of race. -
Enforcement Acts.
They were three bills passed. They protected African-American;s right to vote, hold office, to serve on juries, and recieve equal protection. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
Allowed former confedrates to run for public office. -
Freedman's Bureau terminated
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Lame-duck congress passess 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
The democrats agreed to accept the ballots that made Hayes the winner in exchange for the Republicans agreeing to withdraw federal troops form the South.
