Important Figures
I won the election of 1861, was assassinated after the war ended and came up with the 10% plan
Drafted by Radical Republicans, says 50% of voters must take an oath of allegiance, vetoed by President Lincoln
Wade-Davis Bill
Guaranteed all free men the right to vote
15th amendment
Helped former slaves to adjust to society
The Freedmens Bureau
Former General, served as president of Washington College
Robert E. Lee
10% of state's voters must pledge loyalty to the US and support emancipation
10% plan
Granted U.S. Citizenship to anyone born on U.S. land
14th amendment
Former Confederates grouping up to terrorize blacks in the South
Ku Klux Klan
Took office after Abraham Lincoln, allows Southerners to rejoin the Union
Andrew Johnson
Northerners who moved South to make money using harsh ways and not caring for the original owners or other people who resided there
carpetbaggers
Made slavery illegal, but allowed as form of punishment
13th amendment
April 15th after the Civil War ends, this person is no longer able to serve as president and carry out his plans
Abraham Lincoln
1st African American senator
Hiram Revels
Southerners who supported the Union, were seen as traitors
Scalawags