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Lincoln plans to readmit any ex-Confederate state to the Union who has 10 percent of its population pledge faithfulness to the Union. Unfortunately, it was not passed by Congress. http://civilwarhistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/abraham_lincoln.jpg
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Wade-Davis Bill recquired that 50 percent of any state to pledge allegiance to the Union in order to be re-admitted to the Union. Lincoln rejected the plan. http://amhist.ist.unomaha.edu/module_files/Wade%20Davis%20Bill2.jpg
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Johnson assumed office after Lincoln's assassination. Johnson appointed temporary Governors into southern states, many of these were ex-Confederate leaders. Also, implored on the passing of the 13th Ammendment http://www.pcs.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/andrew_johnson.jpg
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Newly admitted states' elected senator and Congressmen could not take office due to the Union Houses' inability to recogonize the legality and credibility of these new members. http://s3.amazonaws.com/adaptiveblue_img/topics/p/united_states_house_of_representatives
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Freedman's Bureau was a bill that iffered aid, education, and finances to those freed slaves. His Veto of this bill was very controversial and left many people puzzled. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/ListOfCartoons/KickingFreedmensBureauCrop480.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.impeachment-johnson.com/ListOfCartoons/KickingFreedmensBureau.htm&usg=__kSXUMo3wgyC3FkI7VNueUreFaTk=&h=480&w=291&sz=54&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=Yr74NVTaYxqsSM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=78&prev=/i
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Civil Rights Act guarantees equal rightd and illegalizes discrimintation based on race or color. Johnson's veto was criticized and eventually overturned.
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Among other things, this guaranteed National Citizenship to people of all colors or races. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://kellenebishop.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/14th-amendment1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://kellenebishop.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/the-heartstrings-that-will-bankrupt-%25E2%2580%259Cus%25E2%2580%259D/&usg=__oCQes6foGxvWbiAFdypeCa9C64A=&h=320&w=320&sz=27&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=AZM4N0wQdswCeM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfourteenth%2Bamendment%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R
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The election of more Republicans to Congress shows the obvious discontent with the current state of the Democratic party http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Politics/Images/Republican-Logo.jpg
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The Congressional Reconstruction Act of 1867 organized the south into 5 military districts, under Marshall Law http://www.legislature.state.al.us/graphics/leg_steps1872_2.jpeg
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Johnson was seen as an obstacle by Congress, his inability to cooperate, caused much disgust, even raised questions of abuse of power. Johnson was acquitted of all charges of abusing powers by a narrow margin. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/graphic/xlarge/johnson_impeachment_xl.jpg
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Black's who voted were often persecuted by regimes such as the KKK or other white supremacy groups. These groups intended to prevent the spread of Civil Rights and keep slavery. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/KKK-symbol.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KKK-symbol.jpg&usg=__kFprR_DvLAZGcNZDBg1FRck2_34=&h=435&w=435&sz=54&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=och52xBwFAfdZM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkkk%26hl%3Den%26rlz
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Grant, an acclaimed Union leader during the Civil War, Wins the presidency thanks to a landslide victory in the Electoral College, and popular vote. http://www.usa-civil-war.com/Grant/u-s-grant.jpg
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This guarantees protection of the black vote, against such obstacles as the, Grandfather Clause, literacy test, or even Poll taxes. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/vc89.1.jpg
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Lynchings, and hate crimes had drastically increased since regimes like the KKK arose in the South, since black voting rights were legalized and protected by the 15th ammendmant. The Force Acts allowed the government to deploy troops against these terror groups to keep them under control in the south. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/KKK-symbol.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KKK-symbol.jpg&usg=__kFprR_DvLAZGcNZD
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Greenly promised to end the Radical Reconstruction, unfortunately he died before the electoral vote. Grant still won by a decisive 56% margin in the popular vote, among the 4 major candidates.
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This was caused by the failure of Jay Cooke and Company, along with over investments in projects with little immediate return, such as railroads. http://www.mybudget360.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/1873-panic.jpg
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This act provided that paper money could be eschanged for gold or silver specie, thus reducing the amount of Greenbacks. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a05000/3a05400/3a05488r.jpg
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The public learned that Federal revenue was used to defraud the government of millions of dollars in liquor taxes http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4LGTZp6rMkE/RwuSJParBAI/AAAAAAAAA7M/zLxmNuECzEI/s320/whiskeyring.jpg
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The Election was to close to call. 3 Southern Republican states remained contested, so the government appointed a 15 man committee to determine who the electoral votes would go too. they went to Hayes, http://www.presidentprofiles.com/images/prh_01_img0042.jpg
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Hayes pledged internal improvements to the South in return for his election. He cut off federal aid to radical governments, and instead funded development of the South as a whole. http://www.nndb.com/people/005/000029915/rutherford-b-hayes.jpg
