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In this plan, Lincoln states that as long as 10% of voters in the state take an oath swearing their loyalty to the Union.
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This bill required half of a states voters to take a loyalty oath before their state could be readmitted, making it more strict than Lincolns amnesty plan.
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The 13th Amendment freed all slaves, and stated that they were no longer able to be held as property.
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The Freedman's Bureau was a group created by Congress to help formerly enslaved people ot become full US citizens.
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The Black Codes were simply a series of laws that made black people second-class citizens.
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Radical Republicans valued that civil rights of black people be preserved after the Civil War. They were dangerous because they favored harshly punishing Confederate supporters.
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The 1st reconstruction act divided the south into five military districts, each led by a military commander.
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The Radical Republicans in Congress thought that Johnsons plan was too harsh.
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It was to undo legal concessions that had been made to slavery since the writing of the Constitution.
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Grnat followed a more moderate path for reconstruction, removing union troops from the south.
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a landowner rents a piece of land to a farmer in exchange for a share of the crop the farmer grows
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Granted voting rights to african-american men
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three bills passed by the United States Congress between 1870 and 1871. They were criminal codes which protected African-Americans' right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws.
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this allowed former confederated to run for office
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The Republicans agreed that if Hayes became president the troops would be removed from the south
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