The Agony of Reconstruction

By patricia.walker
  • Lincoln sets forth 10 percent Reconstruction plan

    Lincoln sets forth 10 percent Reconstruction plan

    Abraham Lincoln's plan to only admit Southern states back into the Union when ten percent of the voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Union. The ten percent plan was aimed to get the South to surrender. http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z196/paulshipper/PSillo/AbrahamLincolnPortrait.jpg
  • Wade-Davis bill passes Congress but is pocket-vetoed by Clinton

    Wade-Davis bill passes Congress but is pocket-vetoed by Clinton

    When Congress denied Abraham Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, they configured another plan. With the Wade-Davis bill, 50% of each southern state had to show their loyalty toward the Union to be readmitted. Abraham Lincoln vetoed this bill because he did not want any part of it. http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/upload/wade_ben_p140_med.jpg
  • Johnson moves to reconstruct the south on his own initiative.

    Johnson moves to reconstruct the south on his own initiative.

    Andrew Johnson followed Abraham Lincoln's presidency. In order to help during the Reconstruction, Johnson did not admit the southern states back into the Union until each state declared secession illegal, repudiated the Confederate debt, and ratified the thirteenth amendment. http://www.dailyhistory.net/images/andrew-johnson.jpg
  • Congress refuses to seat representatives and senators elected from states reestablished under presidential plan

    Congress refuses to seat representatives and senators elected from states reestablished under presidential plan

    A few members of Congress refused to let some Southern members of Congress be involved in hearings due to the Southern delegates expressing their views against black legislation. http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/usa/Images/confederate-flag.jpg
  • Johnson vetoes Freedmen's Bureau Bill

    Johnson vetoes Freedmen's Bureau Bill

    The Freedmen's Bureau bill allowed relief for former slaves. Due to the fact that the Freedmen's Bureau was unpopular with Southern delegates, Andrew Johnson vetoed the bill. http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/ListOfCartoons/KickingFreedmensBureauCrop480.jpg
  • Johnson vetoes Civil Rights Act; it passes over his veto

    Johnson vetoes Civil Rights Act; it passes over his veto

    The Civil Rights Act was aimed to protect freedmen's rights over the "Black Codes". The bill was denied by Johnson, but Congress overpowered Johnson and made the Civil Rights Act a law. http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web07/features/see_it_now/images/1860.0084.jpg
  • Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment

    Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment

    The Fourteenth Amendment provided citizenship for former slaves and protected equal rights. http://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/cons/features/0206_01/slide4.gif
  • Republicans increase their congressional majority in the fall elections

    Republicans increase their congressional majority in the fall elections

    After Johnson won the election, the Republicans held two-thirds of the majority in both houses. http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/news/bct/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/files/Republican_Logo.jpg
  • First Reconstruction Act is passed over Johnson's veto

    First Reconstruction Act is passed over Johnson's veto

    Placed all of south under army rule by dividing the South into five new military districts. http://www.jeffstarkbooks.com/files/reconstruction%20act.jpg
  • Southern blacks vote and serve in constitutional conventions

    Southern blacks vote and serve in constitutional conventions

    Blacks finally got the chance to serve in political office before the Reedemers got a hold of them. http://theblackcommenter.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/1872-african-american-congress.jpg
  • Grant wins presidential election, defeating Horatio Seymour

    Grant wins presidential election, defeating Horatio Seymour

    Ulysses S. Grant, general for the Union army, came out on top and defeated his Democratic running mate by 134 electoral votes. http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/24/70724-004-4CB8AA9B.jpg
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    Johnson is impeached; he avoids conviction by one vote

    Johnson wanted to remove Radical Republicans, but this only led to his impeachment trial. Lucky for Johnson, there were not enough votes in Congress to kick him out of office.
  • Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment, granting African Americans the right to vote

    Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment, granting African Americans the right to vote

    The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the denial or abridgment of the right to vote by the federal government or state governments on the basis of race, color, or prior condition as a slave. http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/history/1-segregated/images/15th-amendment-l.jpg
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    Congress passes Ku Klux Klan Acts to protect black voting rights in the South

    The Ku Klux Klan's goals were to disenfranchise African Americans, stop Reconstruction, and restore the prewar social order of the south. Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Acts to protect the blacks.
  • Grant re-elected president, defeating Horace Greeley, candidate of Liberal Republicans and Democrats

    Grant re-elected president, defeating Horace Greeley, candidate of Liberal Republicans and Democrats

    After serving one term as president, Ulysses S. Grant wins the next election against Horace Greeley. Greeley died before the results from the electoral college were even announced.
  • Financial panic plunges nation into depression

    Financial panic plunges nation into depression

    Greenbacks stirred up some trouble causing inflation that affected Americans greatly.
  • Congress passes Specie Resumption Act

    Congress passes Specie Resumption Act

    Congress wanted to reduce greenbacks to replace them with specie payments. They did this by passing the Specie Resumption Act. http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl0761l.jpg
  • "Whiskey Ring" scandal exposed

    "Whiskey Ring" scandal exposed

    After the Civil War, the tax on whiskey was raised very high. Large distillers bribed the government in order to retain tax proceeds.
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    Disputed presidential election resolved in favor of Republican Hayes over Democrat Tilden

    The question of who really won the election between Hayes and Tilden stirred controversary because some believed the polls were rigged.
  • Compromise of 1877 ends military intervention in the South and causes fall of the last Radical governments

    Compromise of 1877 ends military intervention in the South and causes fall of the last Radical governments

    A group of Republicans and southern Democrats acted together to swing their vote in favor of Hayes in exchange for the removal of all troops in the south. http://sherrychandler.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/samesnap5w.jpg