Serious answer:
A. 10% Plan
*Issued by Lincoln after Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863
*Gave all Confederate states chance to rejoin the Union
-Must redraft state constitutions
-10% of state population swear loyalty to the Union
B. Wade-Davis Bill and Freedmen’s Bureau
*Radical and moderate Republican allies
-Thought Lincoln's plan was too lenient
-Wanted to punish the south
-Transform southern society
-Protect freed slaves
*Created the Wade-Davis Bill in 1864
-Similar to 10% plan except 50% of population has to swear loyalty
*Pocket-vetoed by Lincoln
*Creation of Freedmen's Bureau in response
-Aided freed slaves with food, clothing, land, etc
C. Johnson's Reconstruction
*Lincoln assassinated by Booth in 1865
*V.P Johnson becomes new President
*Johnson commences with Lincolns 10% Plan
-Granted pardons southerners, including wealthy planters and former Confederate officials
-Ordered Freedmen's Bureau to return all land confiscated from previous owners
*Johnson approved new state constitutions
-Occurred when Congress was in recess
-Many written by ex-Confederate officials
*Declared Reconstruction over in December of 1865
D. Black Legislation
*President Johnson vetoes renewal of the Bureau in 1866
*Congress overrides the veto
*Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1866
-Right to sue
-Right to serve on juries
-Several other legal rights
*Radical Republicans also pass 13th and 14th Amendments
E. Radical Republican's Reconstruction
*1867 Congress convenes and is far more radical than previous one
*Executed own plan of Reconstruction
*First Reconstruction act (1867)
-Divided south into 5 military districts
-Governed by U.S military until new government established
-States have to enfranchise former slaves to be allowed back into the Union
*Second Reconstruction Act
-Placed military in charge of southern voter registration
*Republicans pass 15th Amendment
Eh, screw it. Tired of using my brain and typing so just use this to study and create basic notes with
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/reconstruction/summary.html
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