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Ten-Percent Plan
The government pardon the Confederates. A Confederate state could form a new state government. -
Wade-Davis Bill
Proposed that Congress,be responsible for Reconstruction,not the President. -
Lincoln's assassination
Lincoln was assinated,by John Wilkes Booth. -
Presidential Recontruction
Declared that Confederate States like Florida,and Georgia could rejoin the union if they met several conditions. -
Black codes
severely restricted African Americans lives -
Freedmen's Bureau
The Burean which was created by congress assisted former slaves by giving out food and clothing. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
gave African Americans citizenship and forbade states from passing discriminatory laws -
Republicans join Radicals
Republicans join Radicals to override the president's vetoes of the Civil Rights and Freedmen's Bureau acts.
