Political Leaders of the time
A bill that set more strict requirements for creating new state governments in the south.
Wade- Davis Bill
Laws passed by the Southern states to restrict the freedom of blacks.
Black Codes
Took a lenient approach to restoring the rebel states to the Union.
Johnson's Plan
Granted African Americans the right to vote.
15th Amendment
10% of states 1860 voters would swear ab oath to the Union and accept the end of slavery
Lincoln's Plan
Granted citizenship to all people born in the US including formerly enslaved people.
14th Amendment
All states and new states required to abolish slavery.
Most Southerners would be pardoned with exception of high ranking Confederate officials and military leaders.
Lincoln's Plan
Abolished slavery in all US states and territories.
13th Amendment
Required 50% of white males to take an oath of loyalty to the union of the nation when forming new state governments.
Denied the right to vote or hold office for anyone who had fought in the Confederacy.
Wade-Davis Bill
A legal arrangement where a landowner allowed a tenant to rent small plots of land in return for a share of the crop produced on that land.
Sharecropping