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Proclamation Of amnesty And Reconstruction
full pardons would be granted to most southerners who took an oath and accepted the emanciption of slaves -
Reconstruction Plan of Lincoln And Jjohnson
Licoln beieved southerner states couldnt contstitutionaly leave the unon and never did. -
Wade Davis Bill
proposed voters to take loyalty oath and permitted only non-confederates to vote for a new state constitution -
Johnson and reconstruction
all former leaders and officeholders with more than $20,000 provides them dif=sfranchisement. -
lincoln Last Speech
Lincoln encouraged northrner to accept Louisiana as a reconstructed state. -
Southern Gov'ts
southern states drew up constitutuions extending voting rights and abolished slavery. -
Freedmens Bereau
congress crated an important new agency: bereau acted as a kind of early welfare agency, providing food,shelter, medical aid. -
Report Of The joint committee
the committe issued a report recommending the the reorganized former states of the confederacy werent entited to rep on congress -
Black Codes
blacks couldnt rent land
prohibited them from testifying against whites in courts
they were in emibondage -
Congressional Reconstruction
Rejecting presidential Reconstrucyion congress adopted a plan that was harsher on southern whites and more protective of freed blacks, -
Radical Republicans
there was division between the moderates and radicals, Most republicans shifted to the radical position. -
civil rights act of 1866
pronounced all blacks to be u.s. citizens and provided legal shields from the black codes. -
14 Amend.
declared all persons born in the u.s. citizens
states were to respect the rights of the citizens -
reconstruction acts
act divided thhe former confederate states into five military distracts, each under the union army. -
impeacment of andrew johnson
law prohibited the president from removing a federal official or miltay commander witoutbthe approval of the senate -
reconstruction in the south
the republican party in the south reoranized and dominated the govt's of the ex-confederates state. -
15th amend.
prohibited states from denying or abridging a citizens right to vote. -
The North During Reconstruction
the norths economy in the post years cont'd to be driven by the industrial revolution and probuisness policies. -
election of 1872
democratice party nominated Greely, but Grant was reelected by a landslide. -
panic of 1873
farmer sought inflationary, easymoney by demanding greenback paper money that wasnt supported by gold. -
End of Reonstruction
reconstructed had entered another phase which proved to be its third and final round which was its final round. The reedemers had different social and economic backgorund but agrred on the same political ideas. -
election of 1868
despites grant popularity in the north he managed to win only 300,000 more popular votes than his democratic republican.