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March 3, 1865
The Freedman's Bureau was an abolitionist organization that issued basic necessities and extra help to rebuild for freed slaves.

It was also known as the bureau of refugees.

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April 15,1865
Former President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's theater in Washington D.C.

An actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth entered and shot Abraham.

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April 15,1865
As Abraham Lincoln was killed, Andrew Johnson took his place in presidency.

He had been vie president of the United States for 42 days.

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1866
Black codes were certain laws passed in the South that limited African Americans again.

White landowners acted to control the labor force, even when former slaves tried to gain their independence.

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December 6, 1865
The 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntarily servitude in the United States.

Abraham Lincoln was the president when the amendment was passed.

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December 24, 1865
The KKK is an American white supremacist hate group that targets African Americans.

One of The KKK hate symbols were burning the cross which was used as a terror symbol to African Americans and Jews.

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April 9,1866
This act declared all male people born in the United States to be citizens " without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery"

This act was the first United States law to define citizenship and confirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.

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May 1,1866
This event was a series of violent attacks of racial violence which was caused by political, social and racial tensions following the American civil War.

The event sparked when a white police officer was going to arrest a black ex solider and many African Americans showed up to stop what was happening and then shootings began.

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March 2, 1867
This act laid out a process for readmitting Southern States into the union.

The bill divide former confederate states except Tennessee in to five military districts.

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July 9, 1868
This act gave citizenship to all people born in United states and former freed slaves.

These were one of the three amendments passed during the reconstruction era to abolish slavery.

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December 3, 1867
The convention including blacks purposed a new constitution that included suffrage for black males

There were three major compromises made during these conventions.

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February 3,1870
This granted African American men the right to vote.

The conservative party candidates were more opposed to reconstruction.

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1876
The shotgun policy was the intimidation of black and white voters.

Blacks who continued to vote did it in the risk of being killed.

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1877
This event ended the reconstruction era.

Southern Democrats promise to protect civil and political rights of blacks were not kept.