Elliot's Reconstruction Timeline

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    Reconstruction

  • Lincoln announces Ten Precent Plan

    It was a plan that allowed southern state could be readmitted
    into the Union if 10% of it's voters swore alligence to the Union.
  • Lincoln Re-elected

  • Lincoln Vetoes the Wade-Davis Bill

    The Wade-Davis Bill was a bill that required 50% of southern men to swear loyalty to the Union and it granted Blacks to vote.
  • 13th Amendment approved and ratified by Congress

    The amendment officially made African-Americans free from slavery.
  • Congress creates the Freedman's Bureau

    The Freedman's Bureau was a welfare agency that helped former slaves become full citizens
  • Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House-Civil War Ends

  • Johnson states that the reconstuction is over

    Johnson states that the reconstuction is over
  • Lincoln assassinated; Johnson becomes president

  • Mississippi enacts first Black Code

    Mississippi enacts first Black Code
    The Black Codes were laws that restricted Blacks to do anything, like voting and marrying whites
  • Radical Republicans

    Radical Republicans
    A Radical Republican was a person who wanted to free the blacks and help them get equal rights. The danger they play in the reconstriction is that they started to oppose Johnson's plans
  • 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction acts

    1st, 2nd, and 3rd Reconstruction acts
    The first reconstruction act was called the Military Reconstruction Act which divided the south into 5 military districts and they were all ruled by an army commander
  • Johnson impeached

    Johnson impeached
    He was impeached because they wanted to limit his power.
  • Ulysses S. Grant elected

    Ulysses S. Grant elected
    He was a pretty moderate president.
  • 14th Amendment Ratified

    14th Amendment Ratified
    The 14th amendment stated that all people born and natualized in the United States was a U.S. citizen
  • Sharecropping

    Sharecropping
    Sharecropping is a system while in farming where a landowner allowes a person to use their land in return for a portion of the food produced there
  • 15th Amendment Ratified

    15th Amendment Ratified
    The 15 amendment granted Black men to vote
  • Enforcement Acts

    Enforcement Acts
    The Enforcement Acts were 3 bills that protect Black's right to vote, to hold office, to be in juries, and to recieve equal protection of laws.
  • Amnesty Act of 1872

    Amnesty Act of 1872
    The Amnesty Acts was an act that removed tbe voting restrictions and the office holding penalty from Confederates,
  • Freedmens Bureau Terminated

    Freedmens Bureau Terminated
  • Lame duck Congress passes Civil Right Act

    Lame duck Congress passes Civil Right Act
  • Disputed Election

    Disputed Election
  • Hayes declared president; Reconstruction Ends

    Hayes declared president; Reconstruction Ends
  • Compromise of 1877

    Compromise of 1877
    This is a compromise with the south that pulled all federal troops from the south