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Reconstruction
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Lincoln announces ten percent plan
The Ten Percent Plan stated that a state could be admitted back to the Union if ten percent of the states voters swore allegiance to the union and also agreed to the end of slavery. -
Lincoln Relection
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Lincoln vetoes Wade Davis bill
The Wade Davis bill was proposed by Radical Republicans. The bill required all states to accept the end of slavery and let all black men have the right to vote. -
13th Amendment approved and ratified by congress
The 13th Amendment states that african americans are no longer slaves and could no longer be owned or sold as property. They also could not be seperated from their families. -
Congress creates Freedmens Bureau
The freedmen bureau was created to aid freedmen in the transition between slavery to freedom in the south. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House- Civil War ends
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Lincoln Assasinated, Jhonson becomes president
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Mississippi Enacts First Black Code
Black codes were laws that made blacks second-class citizens. The codes denied them from rights to vote and many rights white citizend held. -
Jhonson declares reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans were republicans who wanted blacks to have the same rights as white people and felt very strongly about it. Radical Republicans endangered reconstruction becuase they wanted drastic changes so quickly and they were willing to do violent events to get their way. -
The Reconstruction Acts
The first reconstruction act divided the south into five military sections, the army commander was in command of the district. -
Jhonson Impeached
Jhonson was impeached after he fired Stanton to stop reconstruction and planned to hire someonelese who wouldn't enfore the law. -
14th Amedendment ratified
The 14th amendment grants citizenship to all people born in or naturalized in the United States, this grants citizenship to freed slaves. -
Ulysesses S Grant elected
Grant had very liitle experience when he went into office and he was also very young for a president at that time. He brought in many scandolus people and relationships into the white house. He helped the the national parks systemn and pushed for the ratification of the fiftienth amendment. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is were the landowner allows someonelse to have/use the land in return the land owner gets a portion of the crops or profit made form the crops. -
15th Amendment Ratified
The 15th Amerndment gives male blacks the right to vote. -
Enforcement Acts
The enforcemnt acts were three bills passed by the United States, These three bills served to protect diffrent African Americans rights. Like the right to vote, serve on juries, etc. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
The Amnesty Act of 1782 removed voting and office holding restructions on most former mebers of the confederacy. -
Freedmens 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 comprimise of 1870 was an informal deal that put an end to the very disputed election and pulled troops out of the south. This ended the reconstruction era.
