restoring the union page 24. reconstruction 1865-1877 government’s plan to restore the union and...
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Restoring the Union
•Page 24
Reconstruction
•1865-1877 •Government’s plan to restore the Union and Confederate states
Amnesty
•Official forgiveness of crimes
Radical Republicans
•Members of Congress who thought Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan was too mild
Pocket Veto
•President’s power to kill a bill by not signing it for 10 days when Congress is not in session
Thirteenth Amendment
•Passed in 1865•Abolished slavery in the US forever
John Wilkes Booth
•Unemployed actor•Obsessed with aiding the south
•Shot and killed Lincoln
Ten Percent Plan
•Lincoln’s plan to bring south back into Union :▫Amnesty for war crimes
▫Eliminate slavery▫Affirm allegiance to US