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Lincoln Announces 10 Percent Plan
A state can be readmitted to the Union if 10 percent of the voters in the state took a pledge of allegiance and agreed with the end of slavery. -
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Reconstruction
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Lincoln Re-Elected
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Lincoln Vetoes Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill required states to accept the end of slavery and give all African Americans the right to vote. -
Congress Creates Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was established to help freed slaves become full citizens. It helped with food, clothing, building schools and hospitals, and helping find 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 1st Black Code
The Black Codes were laws that took away or lessened blacks rights. It denied voting, interracial marriages, blacks serving on juries, and allowed harsher punishments. -
13th Amendment Approved & Ratified By Congress
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
Johnson Declares Reconstruction Complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans wanted extreme change, they wanted slaves to be treated as people and wanted Confederate soldiers to get harsh treatment. They were a danger to reconstruction because they threatened the Democrats and had very strong views. -
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Reconstruction Acts
This law divided the south into 5 parts. Each part was 'governed'
by a military leader. The states had to meet three requirements before they were able to be readmitted to the Union. -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson tried to stop the first reconstruction act by firing the secretary of war, so the House of Representatives impeached him for breaking the Tenure of Office Act. -
14th Amendment Ratified
This amendment granted everyone born in the United States citizenship, including former slaves. -
Ulysses S. Grant Elected
Grant beat Johnson in the 1868 elections. He was very hated by Southern rebels because of his republican views. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is when someone that owns land rents a piece of their land to someone else and gets a percentage of the crops grown on the rented land. The landowner provides seeds and sometimes tool and the renter later repays the debt. -
15th Amendment Ratified
The 15th amendment guarenteed black men the right to vote. -
Enforcement Acts
These acts protected African Americans right to vote, be on a jury, hold office, and have equal rights. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
This act allowed many former Confederates to run for public office. -
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 Presidnet; Reconstruction Ends
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Compromise Of 1877
Democrats agreed to accept ballots that made Hayes the winner of the presidential election if federal troops were withdrawn from the south.
