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reconstruction

By plmkoo
  • lincoln ten percent plan

    lincoln ten percent plan
    A state could be readmitted if 10 percent of its voters swore a loyalty oath to the Union and agreed to the end of slavery.
  • lincoln re-elected

    lincoln re-elected
    lincoln gets re-elected
  • lincoln veteoes wade davis bill

    lincoln veteoes wade davis bill
    a bill that wanted reconstruction for the south
  • 13th amendment approved and ratified

    13th amendment approved and ratified
    formally abolished slavery
  • congress creates freedmens bureau

    congress creates freedmens bureau
    made to help poor whites and blacks from the destroyed south
  • Lee surrenders at Appomattox court house

    Lee surrenders at Appomattox court house
    Lee surrenders at a court house and the civil war ends
  • lincoln gets assasinated, johnson becomes president.

    lincoln gets assasinated, johnson becomes president.
    lincoln is killed at a theatre
  • missisipi enacts black codes

    missisipi enacts black codes
    -tried to restrict black freedoms.
  • reconstruction is finished

    reconstruction is finished
    reconstruction is considered finished
  • radical republicans

    radical republicans
    they were a faction in the united states and wanted everyone to be equal
  • 1,2 3rd reconstruction acts

    1,2 3rd reconstruction acts
    the first act was to make the south into different military districts where high military leaders would rule
  • johnson impeached

    johnson impeached
    he was impeached due to different ideas in congress and political conflict
  • Ulysses S. Grant elected

    Ulysses S. Grant elected
    he was stubborn and sometimes calm but in battle he was really stubborn
  • 14th amendment ratified

    14th amendment ratified
    granted citzen ship to everyone born in the US
  • share cropping

    share cropping
    agriculture when a landowner allows someone to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.
  • 15th amendment ratified

    15th amendment ratified
    gave african americans the right to vote
  • Enforcement acts

    Enforcement acts
    prevented voting discrimination
  • amnesty act of 1872

    amnesty act of 1872
    removed voting secessions from immagrants
  • freedmans burea

    freedmans burea
    to help former slaves and poor whites in the south.
  • lame duck congress passes civil rights act

    lame duck congress passes civil rights act
    last effort for the reconstruction
  • disputed elections

    disputed elections
    conflicts upon voting