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Jefferson davis
Jefferson davis was born on june 3,1808 he was born in kentucky to Samuel and Jane cook.Jefferson was the confederate president states of America.On may 10th,1865 davis was captured and was charged for treason and he was stripped of his eligibility to run for public office. -
13 amendment
The 13th amendment was and amendment tha abolished and prohibits slavery involuntary servitude.The 13th amndment was passed by senate on April 8,1864 and ratified on december 6,1865.Secretary of State William H. Seward,had the 1th amendment adopted and it was first of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
John Wilks booth
John Wilks Booth was the one who assasinated Abraham Lincoln.When lincoln died Andrew johnson became president.Boothe was also a confederate sympathizer when news of licolns death it swept across the nation. -
ten percent plan
Lincoln issued a proclomation of amnesty and reconstrucion.Voter rolls of 1860 swore an oath of intelligence to the union .In many wats the ten percent plan was a political maneuver than a plan for Reconstruction. -
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Andrew Johnson's Promotion
In 1861 Tennessee seceded from the union Andrew Johnson was the only southern senator that did not resign. Lincoln pointed johnson military govenor of tennessee. In 1861 Johnson was nominated as a vice president candidate on the National Union Party ticket . -
assasination of president licoln
As the Civil war came to a close president abraham lincoln was assasinated by John Wilks Booth.Five days after lincolns assasination Robert E. Lee commander of the northern virginia army surrendured to Ulysses S. Grant and the army of potomac. John Wilks Booth assasinated Lincoln at ford's theatre in washington D.C. . -
civil rights act of 1866
This act granted full citenzship to African Americans and gave the federal government the power to intervene.this law turned down the black codes.the civil rights act also contradicted the 1857 Ded Scott decision. -
Black Codes
The Black Codes are laws to control free men and women.The Black codes trampled the rights of African Americans and allowed plantaition owners to exploit African Americans.In the early 1866 congress passed a bill giving the freedmens bureau new powers. -
the first reconstrucion act
This act was passed in 1867 called for the creation of new governments in the 10 southern states.this act also divided the tenth states into five military states.Each district was run by a military commander.In order to rejoin the union the states had to ratify the 14th amendment. -
Edwin Stanton
stanton was secretary of war was suspended and he would of gotten removed from office if he did not get the senate's approval.when the senate met again they refused the suspension and johnson removed stanton from office.this act was a diliberate violation of the tenure of office act. -
14th amendment
Beside the other amendments the 14th amendment is the most complicated and had unforseen effects.It's goal was to ensure that the civil rights act passed in 1866 would remain valid.tis amendment wanted to make sure all persons born in the U.S. and including indians were not taxed and were citizens and to be givin full and equal benfit of all laws. -
william t.sherman
march 8 ,1869 was the first year that william t. sherman was commander of the United States army.in 1859 sherman was superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy which later became Louisiana State University in Pineville, Louisiana.On 1861 of January as more southern states seceded from the union sherman was required to accept of arms surrendered to state militia bu U.S. . -
15th amendment
this ammendment said that african americans hve the right to vote and that they should not be denied or abridged by the united state or any state account of race,color or previous condition of servitude.The 15th amendment was one of the three amendments of the reconstruction.virginia,mississippi,texas,and georgia were requred to ratify the amendment as a precondition for rejoining the uion. -
sharecropping
was a system is when a landowner rentes a plot of land to a share cropper and what ever percentage that the sharecropper gets from their crops they pay the land owner.After paying the land owners the share cropper has little left to sell. -
Amnesty Act
the amnesty act was an act passed that reenfranchised ex confederates . Also the Amnesty Act was a pardon to all white southerners who willing to swaer loyalty to the union.in 1864 three states under the union occupation -Louisiana,Arkansas,and Tennessee set up under the plan.These states then became caught in controversy when congress refused to seat the state representaives. -
Uysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was tborn on april 27,1822 and he was the 18th president of the united states.on 1861 of april ulysses S. Grant joined the union war effort.Grant remained in command of the army during reconstruction. -
Blanche k. bruce
Blanche K. Bruce was another African American senator who came from who also came from Mississippi.Next he was a former escaped slave and he taught in a school for African Americans.In 1869 he returned to Mississppi entered politics and was elected the U.S. senate in 1874. -
plessy v ferguson
In the year of 1896 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an 1890 Louisiana statue mandating racially segragated but equal rail road carriages.
