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Crittenden Compromise
Series of resolutions that recognized slavery in the territories south of 36 30 and guaranteed to maintain it where it already existed -
Fort Sumter
Confederates ordered surrender but Anderson would not leave. 34 hours of bombing berfore surrender -
emancipation proclamation
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states then in rebellion, thus applying to 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at that time. -
Lincoln sets forth a Ten Pencent Plan
The Ten Pencent Plan was 10 percent or more of the population of the voting population of any occupied state who had taken the oath, they were authorized to set up a loyal government -
freedman bureau
The Freedman's Bureau helped African Americans adapt to their newly found freedom. The bureau helped provide food, clothing, medical services, and it also helped them acquire land or find work for fair wages. -
President Lincoln is Assasinated
President Abraham Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater, who shot Lincoln in the head. Lincoln died several hours later. -
Wade-Davis Bill
Response to Lincoln's proposal (Proclamtion of Amnesty). Required majority white male citizens to declare allegiance to USA and only those that did not serve in CSA could vote or have office. Abolished slavery (recognized), and no aid until terms met. -
President Johnson
presents plans for Reconstruction. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment officially was enacted, outlawing slavery. -
Southern States Elect New Representative
The Southern states created brand new governments based on President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan. -
civil rights act of 186
It granted full citizenship to African Americans -
Johnson Impeached
Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act. House voted to impeach. -
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment -
The Ku Klux Klan was reformed in 1915 by William J. Simmons, a preacher influenced by Thomas Dixon's
Grant had 214 electoral votes and Seymour had 80 electorial votes -
Ulysses S. Grant is Elected President
Ulysses S. Grant was elected President of the United States in the Election of 1868. -
The Thirteenth Amendment officially was enacted, outlawing slavery.
The Thirteenth Amendment officially was enacted, outlawing slavery. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment was passed, prohibiting the government from denying citizens a vote based on racial background. -
klu klux klan
The Ku Klux Klan was reformed in 1915 by William J. Simmons, a preacher influenced by Thomas Dixon's -
African Americans in Government
Some African Americans were elected to participate in government. Blanche K. Bruce, an African American senator, came from Mississippi. -
Congress passes Specie Resumption Act
The Specie Resumption Act providedfor a limited seduction of greenbacks leading to full resumption of specie payments -
Whiskey Ring" scandal exposed
It involved using tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politians, whiskey distillers and distrubuters -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 ended military intervention in the South and causes fall of the last Radical governments -
Jim Crow Laws/Segregation
jim Crow Laws required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place.
