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Lincoln’s reconstruction plan
Lincoln's reconstruction plan included the ten percent plan which allowed southern states to be readmitted into the union once 10% of its voters swore an oath to the union -
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Reconstruction
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Lincoln's plan
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Wade-Davis bill
required that 50 percent of state white male population to take a loyalty oath to be readmitted into the union. -
Lincoln’s death
on the evening of April 14, 1865 Lincoln was shot in the head at ford's theater by john Wilkes booth. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude -
Special fields orders 15
military Order issued during civil war that confiscated as union property a strip of coastline from Charleston, south Carolina to saint johns river near Florida
This brought federal control over the south controlling them socially and economically -
Freedmen's Bureau
was put together the federal government to help freed slaves and refugees to a transition into freedom and new challenges they faced after the civil war. The freedmen's bureau gave African Americans and refugees a chance for success. -
Radical Republicans
wanted to prevent the leaders of the confederacy from returning to power after the war wanted republican party to also be strong in south and wanted political equality by guaranteeing their rights to vote in south. -
Klu Klux Klan
a U.S hate organization that employ terror in pursuit of their white supremacy, became a vehicle for southerner underground resistance to radical reconstruction. -
Scalawags
white southern republicans that thought that whites should recognize blacks civil and political rights while still being in control of political and economic life. -
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presidential
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Black Codes
laws passed after civil war with intent of restricting African Americans freedom and forcing them to work based on labor and inhumane conditions while having low wages. -
Civil Rights Bill of 1866
civil rights bill of 1866 was vetoed by president johnson but was passed by congress declaring that all people born in the united states are citizens without regard to race, color, or previous condition. -
14th amendment
the 14th amendment grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S including slaves guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of laws -
Reconstruction Act
2) southern states would be readmitted into the union. southern states had to redraft the constitution, ratify 14th amendment, and provide suffrage to african americans to be readmitted to the union. -
“Great Constitutional Revolution” concept introduced by Carl Schurz
“reflected the intersection of two products of the civil war era, a newly empowered national state, and an idea of a national citizenry enjoying equality before the law.” -
Impeachment of President Johnson
president Johnson opposed the radical republicans who controlled congress. he tried to remove secretary of war Stanton despite congress refusal to agree. over saw Lincoln's reconstruction plan. -
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15th amendment
the right of citizens in the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
share cropping
land owner allows someone to rent their land as long as in return they get a share of the crop produced on their land. -
Enforcement Acts
three bills passed by congress which protected african americans 13-15th amendment. -
Slaughterhouse Cases
resolved by supreme court, stating that citizens “privileges and immunities, are protected by the constitution's fourteenth amendment against the states. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations and service in juries. supreme court declared the act unconstitutional in civil right cases -
Bargain of 1877
informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 presidential election and ended congressional radical reconstruction
