WADE-DAVIS BILL 1. required citizens to take oath before readmission as a state
* Proposed by Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland.
* Originally submitted in 1864 but was pockety vetoed by President Lincoln.
* Bill was reconstructed and resubmitted after Lincoln's assassination and was passed.
FORD'S THEATER 2. site of Lincoln's assassination
* Assassination happened on April 14, 1865 - Good Friday
* Our American Cousin was the play that the President went to watch.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH 3. assassinated President Lincoln
* He was a theater actor.
* He attempted to kidnap President Lincoln in March 1865 but failed.
* He was killed on April 26, 1865. 12 days after he assassinated the President.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 4. suspended by Lincoln
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU 5. helped blacks adjust to freedom
* Official name: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
* Established in 1865 by Congress.
* Purpose: to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South that was greatly affected by the U.S. Civil War
OLIVER O. HOWARD 6. chief of Freedman's Bureau
ENFRANCHISEMENT 7. right of some to vote