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Reconstruction
1865-1877 After the Civil War
Question | Answer |
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Amnesty | the granting or pardon to a large number of persons. |
Reconstruction | Period from 1865-1877 when the national government attempted to rebuild the south after the destruction of the Civil War. |
10 % Plan | President Lincoln's plan that once 10 % of the voters in a former confederate state took a U.S loyalty oath, they could form a new state government and be readmitted to the union. |
Wade-Davis Bill | States had to ban slavery and a majority of voters had to take a loyalty oath, but that only southerners that didn't support the confederacy could vote or hold office. |
13th Amendment | basically banned/outlawed slavery. |
Freedman's Brueau | agency formed to provide help to the newly freed slaves. Originally concerned itself with distributing food and clothing, but eventually set up courts to protect the rights of the freedmen. |
John Wilkes Booth | was a famous American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. |
Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as Abraham Lincoln's vice president at the time of Lincoln's assassination. |