Reconstruction

the years 1865-1877; followed the Civil War

• The Reconstruction Era

• Sectionalism

• Homestead Act

• The Early Republic

called for adoption of the 13th Amendment, new state constitutions and returned confiscated land

• the 10 Percent Plan

• Johnson's Plan

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• 14th Amendment

President during the majority of the Reconstruction Period

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Andrew Johnson

outlawed slavery in the United States

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

connected the East Coast with the West coast and made transportation more efficient

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Erie Canal

• Park Place Railroad

• Morrill Railroad

called for an easier reunion plan for the South

• Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

• Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address

• the Morrill Act

• the Homestead Act

celebration of announcing the abolition of slavery in Texas

• Juneteenth

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

• 19th Amendment

allowed the survey and division of tribal lands

• Dawes Act

• Morrill Act

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• 15th Amendment

how the former Confederate states were divided up during Reconstruction

• military districts

• sectionalism

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

allowed 270 million acres for settlement at cheap prices; 160 acres each

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Morrill Act

• Civil Rights Act of 1866