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Ten Percent Plan
President Lincoln's 10-Percent Plan would allow Confederate states to re-enter the union, if at least ten percent of the state's people swear a loyalty oath to the union. -
Period: to
THE CIVIL WAR
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Wade-Davis Bill Vetoed
The Wade-Davis Bill is a Bill allowing States to rejoin the Union, providing a majority of voters take an oath swearing they never suppported the Confederacy at all. -
Lincoln Re-elected
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13th Amendment Approved
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and servitude unless as punishment. -
Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's bureau was a U.S. government agency that assisted freed slaves during the Reconstruction of the U.S. -
General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House
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Mississippi enacts first Black Code
The Black Codes are laws accepted by southern states that restrict African-Americans' freedom. -
Lincoln's Assassination
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Johnson Declares Reconstruction complete
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Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans were strongly opposed to slavery and the south. They tried passing their own reconstruction act in 1864 but it got vetoed. They attempted to remove president Andrew Johnson from office. -
1st-3rd Reconstruction Acts
The first reconstruction act divided the southern states into five districts. -
Johnson Impeached
He was impeached for 11 reasons, some of which are:
1. Trying to possess the US property
2. Issuing to Major General William H. Emory orders with unlawful intents
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Ulysses S. Grant elected
He urged the ratification of the 15th Amendment and was going to take on Reconstruction, "calmly, without prejudice, hate or sectional pride." -
14th amendment ratified
The Amendment addresses Civil Rights and Citizenship rights. -
Sharecropping
Sharecropping is allowing people to use land, and in return, the user pays with some of the crops produced. -
15th Amendment Ratified
This amendment granted African-Americans the right to vote. -
Enforcement Acts
These acts protected African-Americans' right to vote, hold offie, serve on juries, and recieve protection of law. -
Amnesty Act of 1872
This is a law removing voting restrictions and office-holding disqualification againt most secessionists in the Civil War. -
Freedman's Bureau terminated
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Congress passes Civil Rights Act
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Disputed Election of 1876
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Hayes declared President; Reconstruction Ends
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Compromise of 1877
Settled the disputed US in the election of 1876