Reconstruction began in 1863 and ended in 1877. This era saw different U. S. Presidents, different plans, different struggles, different wars, different scandals, different victories "and three amendments to the U. S. Constitution" all of which contributed to the character and fiber of the United States. The Reconstruction included (in order): ● Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan, the Congressional Reconstruction Plan, Black Codes, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment

● The struggles of the freedmen and their families to become successful as leaders and business owners, the Reconstruction Acts, secret organizations to intimidate blacks and keep them from voting, and the Force Acts

● Andrew Johnson's impeachment, the election of 1868, the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment, the Plains Indians Wars, the first transcontinental railroad, and President Grant's administration

The Reconstruction Era came to a close with ___.

President Grant and the Conspiracy of 1876
President Hayes and the Compromise of 1877
the realization that the country needed more military officers and more relief organizations in time of war
a confirmation that the Civil War had been worth the results
the principle of separation of powers in 1877