WADE-DAVIS VS. 10 PERCENT PLAN
¡  Lincoln’s Plan – States will be readmitted when 10% of 1860
voters swear allegiance to US, and the state agrees to end
slavery. Amnesty for all except high-ranking Confederate
officers.
¡  Wade Davis Bill – States readmitted when at least 50% take
oath of loyalty to the union.
RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
¡  13 t h (1865) – Abolishes Slavery
¡  14 t h (1868) – Equal Citizenship Rights Regardless of Race
¡  15 t h (1870) – Prohibits Discrimination in Voting Rights Based
on Race
FREEDMEN’S BUREAU
Created in 1865, it helped freed slaves with
housing, employment, education, and fair trials.
MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION
¡ " The slave went free; stood a brief
moment in the sun; then moved back
into slavery”
-W.E.B. DuBois
ELECTION OF 1876
COMPROMISE OF 1877
¡ The removal of all federal troops from the former
Confederate States.
¡  The appointment of at least one Southern Democrat
to Hayes's cabinet.
¡ The construction of another transcontinental railroad
using the Texas and Pacific in the South
¡ Legislation to help industrialize the South and build
their economy.
COMPROMISE OF 1877
¡  Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is
my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest
— the interests of the white and of the colored people both
and equally — and to put forth my best efforts in behalf of a
civil policy which will forever wipe out in our political affairs
the color line and the distinction between North and South, to
the end that we may have not merely a united North or a
united South, but a united country.
Hayes’ Inaugural Address (5 March 1877).