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Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

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Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

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Lincoln offers pardon and amnesty to any rebel to gives loyalty to the Union. It is also known as the Ten Percent Plan. Rep percent of the seceded states voters must take oath of loyalty.

December 8, 1863

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Reconstruction begins after the Civil War to rebuild the South. The black codes are developed to control African Americans. Radical reconstruction  begins in 1867. The Reconstruction Act was passed after Johnsons veto.

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http://www.history.com/

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp

https://www.gilderlehrman.org

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/

https://www.loc.gov

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General Grant runs for U.S. President in the election of 1868 against Democratic Horatio Seymour. Grant was seen as a war hero but had accusation of being a drunk. Seymour wanted war repayment in greenbacks. Grant wins the electoral college. African American votes provided a large portion for victory.

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Congress had passed the Tenure of Office Act in 1867 which prohibited the President from removing officlails fromoffice without senatorial permission. President Johnson removes Secretary of War, Edwin Stantom snd replaces him with General Lorenzo Thomas. He was impeached and trial began on March 13. His oppojejts failed to get the 2/3s majority needed to convict him by one vote.

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Also known as the Patrons of Husbandry. Organized by Oliver Kelly, it focused on promoting the social and economic needs of American farmers. The falling of crop prices and railroad fees devastated the lives of farmers and it decreased it's membership. The Grange supported reform groups like the Populist Party.

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The Ku Klux Klan began as a social group in Tennessee in 1866. They acted as social and political terrorists, trying to maintain the absolute white supremacy.They were against the Republican Party for its political decisions like the civil rights legislation. Their violence focused on Southern blacks and Republican leaders.

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The bill was first vetoed by President Andrew Jackson in 1865 but passed again in 1866. President Jackson vetoed again but it was overrode by the House. The act declares that all persons born in the United States were declared to be citizens of the United States. It was enacted on April 9, 1866.

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"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." This amendment was passed on January 31, 1865 and ratified on December 31, 1865 by states. It formally abolished slavery.

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On April 14 1865, President Lincoln is assassinated by actor and confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theatre. This was five days after the Civil War. On April 24 Wilkes is killed by Union troops after having been on the run.

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The battle at the Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865. Its one of the last battles of the Civil War. Union forces has surrounded Confederate Robert E. Lee's army. Lee was forced to surrender his army. They settled the terms in front of Wilmer McLeans hime in the village of the Appomattox Courthouse.

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In the election of 1864, President Lincoln runs against Democratic George B. McClellan, former General. Election was not clear of how it would turn out. Lincoln feared he would lose support based on his stance on slavery. The war wasn't going great in favor of the North. There had not been a president that ran two terms since Andrew Jackson in 1832. Lincolns the popular vote and electoral college 212 to 21.

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President Lincoln delivers a speech at the National Cemetery of Pennsylvania. It's the location of one the bloodiest battles of the civil war. In it the President explains the importance of human equality and the proud sacrifices that soldiers make to preserve the union.

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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - 1862

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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - 1862

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On September 22, after the victory at Antietam, President Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation stating that all slaves in rebellious states shall be free as of January 1, 1963.

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The Homestead Act gave 160 acres of land to farm families, most of which was Indian territory, The act encouraged western migration. Settlers would become owners after five years of residence.

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Southern State South Carolina urges U.S. Army to abandon facilities on the Charleston Harbor. Major Robert Anderson decided to leave their current post Fort Moultrie to defend Fort Sumter. Star of the West ship carrying supplies was attacked by confederate forces and forced back. Major Anderson refused to leave Fort Sumter. Militia commander PGT Beauregard opens fire on April 12, when Anderson still refuses to leave the fort. Anderson surrenders the fort on April 13.

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Confederate States of America - February 4 1861

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Confederate States of America - February 4 1861

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The convention meets in Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America and place Jefferson Davis as its President.

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Southern State Secedes - December 20,1860

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Southern State Secedes - December 20,1860

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The South responds to Lincoln's election and secedes from the union. South Carolina is the first to secede

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The presidential election consists of Republican Abraham Lincoln against Democratic Stephen A Douglas and John C. Breckinridge and John Bell of the Constitutional Union Party. Lincoln wins the electoral vote but not the popular vote.