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Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
Lincoln begins reconstruction: presidential pardons with oath of allegiance and acceptance of emancipation. 10% loyalty oath to reestablish a state -
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Johnson
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Freedmans Bureau
Congress created the Freedmen's bureau. Welfare agency- food, shelter, medical, education -
Lincoln Assassinated
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Election of 1866
Republicans secure majority -
Impeachment of Johnson
Tenure of Office Act
high crimes and misdemeanors -
Fourteenth Amendment
passed 1866, pratified 1868. All persons born or naturalized in U.S to be citizens. CITIZENSHIP TO BLACKS -
Grant elected
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Fifteenth Amendment
"prohibited any state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote 'on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude'"- U.S. History: Preparing for the AP Exam
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Grant
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Force Acts of 1870 and 1871
Federal authority granted to attempt to put a stop to the KKK and protect civil rights -
Grant reelected
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Amnesty Act of 1872
remove last restrictions on ex-confederates
democrats regained control -
Panic of 1873
business failure and depression following overbuilding of industry and railroad and financial overspeculation -
Presidential Election
Democrat - Tilden
Republican - Hayes Tilden won popular votes, electoral were disputed, given to Hayes, winning election, Democrats were mad, threatened to filibuster, and agreed only with the Compromise of 1877 -
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Hayes