Chapters 22 & 23

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  • 10 Percent Reconstruction Plan

    Lincoln’s plan specified that the only way a southern state could be readmitted into the Union was if in the Election of 1860 once 10 percent of its voters swore their allegiance to the Union.

  • Ku Klux Klan founded

    The Ku Klux Klan was founded on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee as a way to employ violence and push back Reconstruction and its enfranchisement of African Americans.

  • Civil Rights Bill was passed by Congress

    Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill in 1866, which was the first United States federal law that defined the meaning of citizenship and affirmed that all citizens are equally protected by the law.

  • Reconstruction Act of 1867

    Outlined the conditions in which the Southern States could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.

  • The Fifteenth Amendment was passed by Congress

    The Fifteenth Amendment was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified on February 3, 1870; this amendment granted African american men the right to vote.

  • The Resumption Act

    This was a United States law that restored the nation to the gold standard by the redemption of unbacked U.S Notes and reversed the inflationary government policies, which promoted directly after the american Civil War.

  • Compromise of 1877

    This was an informal and unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election. This resulted in the U.S federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, which formally ended the Reconstruction Era.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This United States federal law that was signed by President Chester a. Arthur prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers.

  • Depression of 1893

    This was a serious economic depression that began in 1893 and ended in 1897, this depression deeply affected every sector of the economy and also produced a political disruption that led to the realigning election of 1896 and the presidency of William McKinley.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

    This was a landmark decision of the U.S Supreme Court, which upheld the Constitutionality of racial segregation laws in public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.