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Re- admits southern states when 10 percent of 1860 voters profess loyalty to Union.
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Retains 10 percent "easy-admission" policy
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
Andrew Johnson becomes president
Johnson issues amnesty proclamation
States ratify Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery -
Southern states enact black codes/ special laws passed by southern state and municipal governments after the civil war that denied free blacks many rights of citizenship.
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Established to create ease in transition from slavery to freedom, promotes education and economic opportunities for former slaves and destitute whites.
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Andrew Johnson pardons many confederates and recommends admission of all former confederate states... all souther states are readmitted.
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Congress passes Civil rights act over Johnsons veto, Republicans in congress dominate federal government washington.
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First reconstruction act puts former confederacy under military rule.
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protects senate appointees, prohibits president from removing high officials
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Further increases republican domination
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House of representatives impeach johnson
Fourth reconstruction act requires a majority of southern voters to ratify state constitutions.
senate aquits johnson.
States ratify Fourteenth Amendment extending rights to freed slaves.
Ulysses S. Grant is elected president.
Ku Klux Klan uses intimidation and force throughtout South -
Prohibits voting restrictions on basis of race
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Granting black sufferage
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Federal control of elections in south, destroys Klu Klux Klan
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Grant is reelected running against liberal republican party nominee Horace Greeley
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disputed presidential election
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Brokered arrangement where republican and democratic leaders agreed to settle the disputed 1876 election. Democrats allowed returns that ensured the election of Hayes and republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops ending reconstruction.
