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President Abraham Lincoln's plan after the Civil War to reunite the country. Only 10% of the population in a state had to swear an oath to the union and end slavery in the state to reunify with the rest of the states. This plan allowed for Southern land owners to keep their property and a full pardon for their involvement in the war. -
Radical Republicans opposed Lincoln's plan believing it was too lenient on the South... passed by congress this bill required southern states to have 50% of white males to swear a loyalty oath to the constitution and the union. This bill was vetoed by President Abraham Lincoln and was never implemented. -
General William Sherman issued Field Order #15 to redistribute 400,000 acres of land in Georgia and South Carolina to recently freed black families. The Freedman's Bureau was established to help redistribute land. After the war, President Johnson would return the land to the original white owners. -
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Just only 6 days after the end of the war, famous actor John Wilkes Booth shot the president in the Ford's Theater in D.C. This left the presidency to VP Andrew Johnson -
Johnson's plan required states to agree to the 13th Amendment, swear loyalty to the union and pay off their debt after this they were allowed to write a new state constitution and begin reconstruction. -
The ratification of the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States -
Enacted by Missouri and South Carolina, The Black Codes, to hinder the economic and social ability of recently freed slaves. -
This act made the official terms Southern states had to agree to for readmission. Each state had to agree to rejoin the union through majority vote including African American. Each state also had to ratify the 13th and 14th amendments. -
Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. Including former slaves. This amendment provided equal protection for all citizens -
The 15th Amendment protects all citizens right to vote and can not be denied on account of their race, color of skin or previous servitude. -
Granted African Americans equal treatment in public places. -
Once President Rutherford B Hayes pulled federal troops from their posts in the former confederate states marking the end of reconstruction