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Frees slaves in states in rebellion and authorizes the enlistment of black troops.

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Lincoln reelected president

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- The Freedman's Bureau was made
- Provided assistance for african americans

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- Robert E Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at the court
- Was in North Coralina

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- The 13th Amendment was ratified
- Southern states enact laws restricting the rights of African Americans

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The civil rights act was made on african americans to make equal rights.

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- There was A riot in Memphis
- There was a riot in New Orleans
- The Ku Klux Klan was created

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THE RECONSTRUCTION ACT

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- President Johnson was put onto impeachment trails

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Fourteenth Amendment ratified.
Guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans.

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Ulysses S. Grant elected President.
The former Union general becomes the 18th president.

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First black senator elected.
Hiram Revels of Mississippi elected to U. S. Senate as the first black senator.

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Fifteenth Amendment ratified.
Extends the vote to all male citizens regardless of racer or previous condition of servitude.

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forty-second congress was made

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First African American governor.
P. B. S. Pinchback, acting governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873.

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Democrats control the Forty-third Congress
For the first time since before the Civil War, Democrats control both houses of Congress. Robert Smalls, black hero of the Civil War, elected to Congress as representative of South Carolina. Blanche K. Bruce elected to U. S. Senate.

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Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress.
Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public accomodations and jury service. Ruled unconstitutional in 1883.

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Disputed Presidential election
Republicans challenged the validity of the voting in Souh Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana.

- Wade Hampton inaugurated as governor of South Carolina.
The election of Hampton, a leader in the Confederacy, confirms fears that the South is not committed to Reconstruction.

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|   | Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated President.
Electoral Commissoin awards disputed electoral votes tot he republican candidate.
|   | Reconstruction ends.
President Rutherford Hayes withdraws federal troops from the South protecting the Civil Rights of African Americans.
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