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The Wade-Davis bill was proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by Benjamin Wade and Henry Davis.
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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in United States.
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It was established by Congress to aid and protect slaves at the end of the war.
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In Appomattox, Virginia Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant with his 28,000 troops and ends the American Civil War.
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Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth shorty after 10 pm on April 14th, 1865. This assassination happened in Ford Theater in Washington D.C.
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The KKK was first just used to scare people for fun but then when they realized it really affected people they started being serious about it and controlled others.
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It was the first United States federal law to define citizenship.
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This act divided the south into 5 different districts.
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This act was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States during this time.
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He was elected in 1868 and serves from 1869 to 1877
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Johnson was impeached because he was convicted of having misdemeanors.
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The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the United States.
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The 15th Amendment allowed black men to vote.
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These people hired themselves for the railroad and increased their wages.
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It is an unwritten deal which resulted in pulling the last troops out of the south.
