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Freedmen’s Bureau created

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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated; he declared "all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free"

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Andrew Johnson becomes president; he wanted "abolished slavery; swear loyalty to the Union; and pay off their war debt"

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Black Codes

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13th Amendment is ratified

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KKK is formed

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Memphis Race Riot

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Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo

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14th Amendment is ratified

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Ulysses S. Grant; his policy "ambitiously hoped to protect the rights of formerly enslaved people and expand Republican influence over the region"

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Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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15th Amendment is ratified

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The Colfax Massacre

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Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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Compromise of 1877