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Lincoln proposed 10% of each state had to swear oath to the country.
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The bill proposed that 50% of the white males had to swear oath to the union.
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Black codes were placed after the civil were to keep basic rights from freedmen.
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Both the north and the south faced economic problems after the war and they had to come together with peace
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The nation was in grief after president Lincoln was assasinated.
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The Freedmen's Bureau was a bill that was passed to support freed african americans and give them clothes and food.
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Freedmen were given land and tools and a piece of land, but they had to give some of their profits to the landowner, so it was a lot like slavery.
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There were more radicals in the U.S. who wanted to break the power of wealthy farmers and ensure that freedmen had the right to vote.
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The 13th amendment banned slavery throughout the U.S
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In 1866, Andrew johnson became president and passed the 13th amendment.
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The 14th amendment extended the bill of rights to all citizens in the U.S.
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The Klu Klux Klan was created to threaten blacks and keep them from doing things like voting
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President Johnson was one of the worst presidents to ever live. He vetoed the 13th amendment and the veto was overruled for the only time ever. He was very racist.
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The 15th Amendment allowed all men to vote regardless of their race.
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Many people who helped the south had to stop worrying about the south because they had to focus on their own money in the North.
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Rutherford B. Hayes ended reconstruction because it was too expensive, and he kicked these problems to the 1960s