History Flashcards
lincolns plan for reconstruction
ten percent plan
Congress’s plan to require 50 percent of a state’s white males to take an oath of allegiance to the Union before being re-admitted.
Wade-davis Bill
amendment that abolished slavery
Thirteenth amendment
amendment that granted citizenship to blacks
Fourteenth amendment
act that decided the south into military districts until states wrote new constitutions approved by congress
Reconstruction act of 1867
act that required the president to get senate approval to remove certain officials from office
Tenure of Office act
amendment that said states could not deny the right to cote based on race
Fifteenth Amendment
act that pardoned most confederate leaders, allowing them to hold office
Amnesty Act of 1872