What did the ten percent plan entail?
- when 1/10 of voters took oath states could send reps back to congress and establish state govs
What was Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction?
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Plan aka 10% plan
What was Lincoln’s goal for reconstruction?
Get the union back together as quickly as possible
This was an unsuccessful attempt from radical republicans to try to set reconstruction policy
Wade Davis bill
What did the Wade Davis Bill entail?
What did Lincoln do to the Wade David Bill?
Pocket vetoed it
What did the 13 amendment do?
Emancipated all slaves
This was established by radicals and helped free men transition from slavery to freedom
Freedmens bureau
What department ran the Freedmens bureau?
War Dept
Northerners who moved to the south to try to rebuild society
Carpetbaggers
White southerners who switched from being democrats to being republican
Scalawags
Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination ?
Andrew Johnson
What political party did Andrew Johnson belong to?
Democrat
What did Johnson think about aristocrats?
He was anti aristocrat
What were Johnson’s conditions for confederate states to enter the union?
States had to do away with
How did Johnson deal with confederate military leaders?
Granted amnesty to them upon oathe
These were passed to regulate the lives of black people
Black codes
This amendment extended civil rights to all people and made black people citizens
14th amendment
Which two bills did Johnson veto that created tension between congress and the president?
- the 1866 civil rights act
What did congress do in response to Johnson’s vetoes?
Overturned them
What was the center of the debates in the midterm elections of 1866?
14th amendment
What did the Reconstruction act of 1867 do?
Sets standards for south to be readmitted into the union
What did Johnson do to the Reconstruction act of 1867?
Veto
What did congress do about Johnson’s veto?
Overrode it