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Lincoln announces the Ten Percent Plan
The Ten Percent Plan allowed a southern state to be readmitted into the Union once 10% of its voters agreed that slavery was illegal and swore an alligiance to the Union. -
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Lincoln is re-elected
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Lincoln vetoes the Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864, required all states to accept the end of slavery and to grant the right for all African American men to vote. -
Congress creates Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen's Bureau was established to help people who were formerly enslaved, become full citizens. Services provided by the Freedmen's Bureau were clothes, food, schools and hospitals. This act also helped formerly enslaved people find missing family members. -
Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House – Civil War ends
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Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes president
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
The Black Codes were one of the many violent acts used against blacks as a way to intimidate them. The Black Codes were passed by many southern states as an attempt to get pass the laws passed by Congress. -
13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress
The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States. -
Johnson declares reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
The Radical Republicans wanted a change in the way Afican Americans were being treated. They fought for the equal right of black people. The Radical Republicans were a danger to reconstruction because of their different views against what Johnson wanted. -
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction Acts
The First Reconstruction Act, known as the Military Reconstruction Act, divided the South into five districts. Each district was goverened by martial law. In order to be readmitted to the Union, the states has to meet three requirements. -
Johnson impeached
Congress tried to limit Andrew Johnson's power in 1867 by passing the Tenure of Office Act. The impeachment of Johnson occured because he began to veto many bills passed by Congress. Johnson became known as "The Veto President". -
14th Amendment ratified
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the civil rights of freed slaves. The 14th Amendment states that all people born in the United States have the rights as citizens. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
Ulysses S. Grank was a very popular and well-liked president, which allowed him to easily win the presidency of 1868. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping was a system of work for freedmen who were employed in the cotton industry. Under the system of sharecropping, black families would rent parts of land to work on themselves. In return, they would give a portion of their crop to the landowner at the end of that year. -
15th Amendment ratified
The 15th amendment was ratified, protecting the voting rights of all citizens regardless of the race or color. This amendment also protected the voting rights of former slaves. -
Enforcement Acts
The Enforcement Acts were criminal codes that protected African American's right to vote, hold office, serve on juries and recieve equal protection of laws. The laws allowed the federal government to intervene if the states failed to act. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
The Amnesty Act of 1872 is known for removing voting restrictions against most whites who rebelled in the United States Civil War. -
Freedmen’s Bureau terminated
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Lame-duck Congress passes 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 Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten agreement after the Civil War. It granted many favors towards the South. For instance, the federal government promised to give more aid to the South, remove all troops who were still in the South after Civil War and maintain Afican American rights.
