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The Ten Percent Plan was Lincoln's plan for reconstruction. It let a state vote in an election if 10% of it's voters swore an oath of loyalty to the Union.
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Lincoln rejected the Wade-Davis bill saying it was too harsh, it called for more than half of Southerners to take a loyalty oath and for all African-American men to be granted the right to vote.
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Lincoln, opposed by George McClellan was re-elected with an overwelming majority in the Northern states.
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The 13th Amendment officially ends slavery in The United States of America
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The Freemen's Bureau is established in order to bring justice to freed slaves.
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General Rober E. Lee surrenders in Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, this officially ended the Cival War.
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President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed in Ford's Theater, Vice President Andrew Johnson became President.
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President Andrew Johnson Formally announces that the Reconstruction is over.
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The Black Codes are a series of laws that severly restricted Freedman's rights.
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Radical Republicans called for equal rights for black citizens, they are dangerous because they can pass any bill through Congress.
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1st Act- Split the South into 5 military districts where the Army's rule is supreme.
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He was stubborn and a tyrant
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It granted everyone born in the US citizenship
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Ulyssud S. Grant is elected president
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Share cropping is a system in which a farmer allows someone to rent property to farm and collects a portion of the crops.
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The 15th Amendment allowed all citizens (or more directly black men) the right to vote.
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The Enforcement Acts protected black citizens' rights including voting, holding office, the ability to serve on a jury, and equality for laws.
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The Amnesty Act removes disqualifications for who can vote and hold office.
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The Freedmans Bureau is officially shut down.
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The Civil Rights Act passed by Republicans in desperation, it granted equal rights for all black citizens.
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After Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote, the presidency was still given to Ruthordford B. Hayes.
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Rutherdford B. Hayes was elected president of the United States of America and officially ended the reconstruction.
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The Compromise of 1877 settled the disputed presidential election, withdrew federal troops out of the South, and ended the Reconstruction.
