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- was created March 3, 1965
- was based on freedom and equality.

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-  Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 15, 1865
-  Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.

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- Andrew Johnson became president April 15,1865
- He only been Vice President for only 42 days when he succeeded to the presidency.

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- in 1865 After the civil war, some states passed black codes.
- Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans.

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- was ratified on December 6, 1865
- the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

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- KKK was formed December 24, 1865
- is the oldest and most infamous of American hate groups.

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- declared all male persons born in the United States to be citizens.
-  was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent born in or brought to the United States.

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- May 1-2 1866, Memphis  suffered its worse race riot history.
- Resulted in Investigated by the Freedmen's Bureau African American flight from the city.

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-outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states.
- The act became law on March 2, 1867, after Congress overrode a presidential veto.

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- The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868.
- The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States"

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-Passed by Congress February 26, 1869,
- ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote.

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-called for the bribery or intimidation of black voters.
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- was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election
- and marked the end of the Reconstruction era