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Lincoln’s plan to re-introduce the confederacy to the union. Also known as the 10% plan for the number of southerners who needed to pledge to the union.
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A more extreme bill countering Lincoln’s. Requires 50% and for the south to give blacks suffrage. Vetoed by Lincoln
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A political party grown from the abolitionist movement that pushed for more rights to blacks as well as harsher penalties on former confederates.
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Certain laws passed to ensure white supremacy in the south, counteracting the emancipation proclamation and 13th amendment.
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A Radical white supremacist terrorist group.
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A federal bureau to help the many newly freed slave make a new life in the union. Provided aid.
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The name for the amendments and changes to the constitution that defined reconstruction at a political level.
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A land distribution order giving a area of former confederate land to the use of newly freed black slaves.
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John Wilkes Booth shoots and kills president Lincoln at a play in Washington D.C.
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Amendment abolishing slavery at a national level. Forcing all states to stop practicing the act of slavery.
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Congress overrides Johnson’s Veto and passes a bill that makes all people born in US territory citizens except for indians.
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The bill that would oversee the reintroduction of confederate states into the union. Written by radical republicans it was against both Lincoln’s and Johnson’s more lenient policies.
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A southerner who supported republican ideals at the time. Pro-reconstruction.
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The attempted impeachment of President Johnson by a majority republican congress. Passed in the house.
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Amendment that made all peoples born in the united states territories citizens with equal protection under the constitution.
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A group of acts intended to prevent the violence towards blacks in the south. Showed the intent of the north to protect blacks.
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Granted universal male suffrage to all eligible peoples. Included former slaves.
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The practice of having tenants rent land to farm in exchange for a portion of the profits. Used by former slaves to try to gain financial stability.
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The first supreme court case that tested the 14th amendment. It showed that the 14th amendments purpose was purely to protect blacks and not a gaining of rights for others.
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Gave all people the rights to places such as stores, theaters, and other commercial places. Disallowed discrimination based on race.
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Compromise where the republicans would be granted the presidency in exchange for the withdrawal of troops in the south and granting home rule. Ending reconstruction.
