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Lincoln was brainstorming a plan for reconstruction like the 10% plan. This stated that 10% of the Southern people had to pledge their loyalty to the union.
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The radical republicans wanted the confederates to pay for fighting against the Union. So they considered a bill talking about how the majority of the South had to pledge their loyalty to the union and couldn't be elected.
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Black Codes were the South's way of keeping the white race superior to others. Through this racist event, the South required people to be able to read or pay to get into election booths.
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Lincoln got assassinated on April 14th 1865
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All former slaves were freed to the world and now were recognized as people and not property.
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Many racist Southerners despised that freedmen were gaining power. This is why groups like the KKK formed. They started with sending threats to African Americans homes by burning crosses but later started hanging people
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The Radical Republicans held the majority in Congress, therefore, able to control every bill that went through Congress. Basically they controlled reconstruction.
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Congress set their plan for reconstruction in place.
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Congress had control over what was passed because they held the majority. If the president passed something that they didn't like then they would override it with the majority. And if the president vetoed one of their bills then they would override the veto.
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Protected African American rights.
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The 15th ammendment allowed everyone to vote despite any race, color, or any other previous condition.