Freedman's Bureau - ANSWER What: the bureau provided ex-slaves with economic
and legal resources to be able to make a living on their own.
Why: To advance their freedom after the war
How: Private Organizations, which included northern missionaries and evangelical Christians
aided the African Americans
Significance: To educate ex-slaves, and about 1/4 of African Americans were literate by 1880
When: Created by Congress in 1865 and signed into lay by President Lincoln
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction - ANSWER When: In December 1863,
President Lincoln issued it.
Why: believed that southern states did not constitutionally secede from the Union and
therfore had to meet MINIMUM before the regained their political and constitutional rights.
What: rules set by Lincoln in order for the Southern States that seceded had to adapt in
order to regain political and constitutional rights. 1. Accept the abolition of slavery, 2. 10%
eligible to vote in 1860 swore an oath of all allegience to the U.S. - Granted Amnesty to all
but highest ranking Confederate officials.
- Republicans in Congress disagreed with policy
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, Significance - he wanted to reunify the North and South therefore he had to make his plan
lenient
Wade Davis Bill - ANSWER - more strict Republican policy for Reunification
When: Congress passed it in 1864
Why: Believed Lincolns plan was to weak and lenient on the southern states. They sould be
treated as conquered provinces as they broke the contract when they seceded
What: 50% eligible to vote
Lincoln pocket vetoed it.
Thirteenth Amendent - ANSWER What: abolished slavery
When: Congress in 1865
Significance: Lincoln signed it to create the Freedman's Bureau
Black Codes - ANSWER When: 1865 & 1866 y southern states
Why: intended to reduce blacks to reduce blacks to a condition as close to slavery.
What: prohibited blacks from bearing arms, prohibited intermarriage and excluded black s
from serving on the juries.
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and legal resources to be able to make a living on their own.
Why: To advance their freedom after the war
How: Private Organizations, which included northern missionaries and evangelical Christians
aided the African Americans
Significance: To educate ex-slaves, and about 1/4 of African Americans were literate by 1880
When: Created by Congress in 1865 and signed into lay by President Lincoln
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction - ANSWER When: In December 1863,
President Lincoln issued it.
Why: believed that southern states did not constitutionally secede from the Union and
therfore had to meet MINIMUM before the regained their political and constitutional rights.
What: rules set by Lincoln in order for the Southern States that seceded had to adapt in
order to regain political and constitutional rights. 1. Accept the abolition of slavery, 2. 10%
eligible to vote in 1860 swore an oath of all allegience to the U.S. - Granted Amnesty to all
but highest ranking Confederate officials.
- Republicans in Congress disagreed with policy
1
, Significance - he wanted to reunify the North and South therefore he had to make his plan
lenient
Wade Davis Bill - ANSWER - more strict Republican policy for Reunification
When: Congress passed it in 1864
Why: Believed Lincolns plan was to weak and lenient on the southern states. They sould be
treated as conquered provinces as they broke the contract when they seceded
What: 50% eligible to vote
Lincoln pocket vetoed it.
Thirteenth Amendent - ANSWER What: abolished slavery
When: Congress in 1865
Significance: Lincoln signed it to create the Freedman's Bureau
Black Codes - ANSWER When: 1865 & 1866 y southern states
Why: intended to reduce blacks to reduce blacks to a condition as close to slavery.
What: prohibited blacks from bearing arms, prohibited intermarriage and excluded black s
from serving on the juries.
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