US history 2

notes from over the semester

emancipation proclamation

created by Abraham Lincoln, said that all enslaved people are now considered free

deleware, kentucky, maryland, and missouri

the four border states that were not apart of the union

proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction

ten percent plan, ten percent of the state had to vote to be able to be “reconstructed” and allowed back into the union

13th amendment

outlaws slavery

14th amendment

gave slaves equal protection under the law

15th amendment

explicitly gave slaves the right to vote

black codes

former slave codes that varied from state to state, marriages among slaves were recognized, the slaves were given a little freedom but were still being repressed

ten percent plan

Lincoln’s proposal for Reconstruction that allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union when 10% of their voters agreed to loyalty oaths