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President Lincoln offered amnesty for southerners who took a oath of loyalty to the United States and accepted the Union's proclamations concerning slavery.
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This is a bill written by two radical republicans, where the majority of adult males in Confederate states to take an oat of allegiance to the Union.
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Johnson introduced what he called his restoration program, which was very close to Lincoln's plan. He offered pardon for all former citezens of the Confederacy who took an oath to the Union and returned their property.
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These codes severly limited African Americans rights.
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The Ku Klux Klan is formed in Pulaski, Tennessee by former Confederate soldiers. They wanted to intimidate African American voters so that they would stay out of politics.
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The institution Howard University was founded in Washighton, D.C., and this was a seminary for African Americans.
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This reconstruction amendment granted citizenship to all people naturalized in the United States.
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With the passage of the 15th Amendment, many blacks began participating in politics.
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By 1870, over 4,000 schools had opened across the south for African Americans. 9,0000 teachers taught almost 200,000 students of all ages in the newly established schools.
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President Ulysses S. Grant is outraged at the actions of the Ku Klux Klan. He convinces Congress to pass three Enforcement Acts to try and stop the violoence in the south.
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Dozens of banks closed and the stock market plummeted. This caused many buisnesses to close and unemployment rates to go up.
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Civil War hero Ulysses Grant is elected president. He believed that the the president's job was to carry out the laws and leave the development of policy to Congress.
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The Whiskey Ring scandal happened when a group of government officails and distillers in Missoiri cheated the government out of millions of dollars by filing false tax reports.
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To resolve the election of 1876 which was heavily disputed, Congress appointed a 15 person commission to decide the election. Rutherford Hayes wins the election and this became know as the Compromise of 1877.
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Many southerners realize that the south can never return to the way that it was before the civil war and try to move on. The north helpes to build many thousands of miles of railroads and helped to develope the industry in the south.
