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A component of President Lincoln's plans for the postwar reconstruction of the South, this proclamation decreed that a state in rebellion against the U.S. federal government could be reintegrated into the Union when 10% of the 1860 vote count from that state had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by Emancipation. [1]
The Wade–Davis Bill emerged from a plan introduced in the Senate by Ira Harris of New York in February, 1863. [2]It was written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland, and proposed to base the Reconstruction of the South on the federal government's power to guarantee a republican form of government.
In 1863, Lincoln proposed the Ten percent plan, which suggested that this same oath apply to 10% Southern voters as part of Reconstruction. Congress then attempted to apply the oath to 51% of Southern voters in the Wade–Davis Bill of 1864 but was pocket vetoed by President Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) President Lincoln signed two Confiscation Acts into law, the first on August 6, 1861, and the second on July 17, 1862, safeguarding fugitive slaves who crossed from the Confederacy across Union lines and giving them indirect emancipation if their masters continued insurrection ...
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 ... "I know I am free for I have seen the face of Father Abraham and ... In his ten percent plan ...
1863 - Lincoln announces the 10% Plan; 1864 – Gen. Ulysses S. Grant put in command of all Union forces; 1864 – Wade–Davis Bill; 1864 – Sand Creek massacre; 1864 – Nevada becomes a state; 1864 – U.S. presidential election, 1864; Abraham Lincoln is reelected president and Andrew Johnson elected vice president on the "fusion" Union ...
1836: Specie Circular – Required payment for public lands be in gold and silver specie, repealed in 1838 1863: Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction – Laid out President Abraham Lincoln's preliminary "10% plan" for reintegrating the "states in rebellion" back into the Union [7]
The bill also ended slavery, but did not allow former slaves to vote. President Lincoln pocket vetoed the bill. During his presidency Lincoln issued 64 pardons for war-related offences; 22 for conspiracy, 17 for treason, 12 for rebellion, 9 for holding an office under the Confederacy, and 4 for serving with the rebels. [2]