Ten-Percent Plan - ANSWER Lincoln's plan which specified that a southern state could
be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to
the Union.
Radical Republicans - ANSWER Wanted to disenfranchise large numbers of Southern
whites, protect black civil rights, confiscate the property of the wealthy whites who aided
the confederacy, and distribute the land among the freedmen
Wade-Davis Bill - ANSWER Called for the president to appoint a provisional governor
for each conquered state. Passed by Congress in 1864, but pocket vetoed by Lincoln.
President Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction - ANSWER A
proclamation granting amnesty to all persons who have directly or indirectly taken part in
the rebellion so long as they swore allegiance to the Constitution and accepted federal laws
on slavery. Provided restoration of all rights of property except slaves. (Not extended to
high-ranking confederate leaders)
Freedmen's Bureau - ANSWER Distributed food to slaves, established schools, staffed
by missionaries and teachers sent by Freedmen's Aid Societies and other private church
groups in the North.
Black Codes - ANSWER Allowed local officials to apprehend unemployed blacks, fine
them for vagrancy, and hire them out to private employers to satisfy the fine. Some of these
limited blacks to taking only jobs that were previously done by slaves.
Radical Reconstruction - ANSWER Reconstruction strategy that was based on severely
punishing the South for causing the war.
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be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to
the Union.
Radical Republicans - ANSWER Wanted to disenfranchise large numbers of Southern
whites, protect black civil rights, confiscate the property of the wealthy whites who aided
the confederacy, and distribute the land among the freedmen
Wade-Davis Bill - ANSWER Called for the president to appoint a provisional governor
for each conquered state. Passed by Congress in 1864, but pocket vetoed by Lincoln.
President Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction - ANSWER A
proclamation granting amnesty to all persons who have directly or indirectly taken part in
the rebellion so long as they swore allegiance to the Constitution and accepted federal laws
on slavery. Provided restoration of all rights of property except slaves. (Not extended to
high-ranking confederate leaders)
Freedmen's Bureau - ANSWER Distributed food to slaves, established schools, staffed
by missionaries and teachers sent by Freedmen's Aid Societies and other private church
groups in the North.
Black Codes - ANSWER Allowed local officials to apprehend unemployed blacks, fine
them for vagrancy, and hire them out to private employers to satisfy the fine. Some of these
limited blacks to taking only jobs that were previously done by slaves.
Radical Reconstruction - ANSWER Reconstruction strategy that was based on severely
punishing the South for causing the war.
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