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Was to help the newly freed men and women slaves to find jobs, give them clothing, and medical services, and provide them with food.

Lack of workers and financial aid

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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated April 15, 1865

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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated April 15, 1865

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The 16th president of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 1865.

There were many southerners that did not like Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth was one of them., the man that would go on to kill Abraham Lincoln.

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Andrew Johnson becomes president April 15, 1685

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Andrew Johnson becomes president April 15, 1685

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After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the Vice President of the United States Andrew Johnson succeeded to the presidency.

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After the Civil War there were some states that passed Black codes that relentlessly limited the rights of Black people.

These would limit where Blacks could go, work, eat, the ability to leave a job once they got it.

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13th Amendment is ratified, December 6, 1865

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13th Amendment is ratified, December 6, 1865

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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States forever.

The 13th Amendment also outlawed the practice of involuntary servitude.

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The KKK was a terrorist organization that was founded after the Civil War to maintain white supremacy in the south.

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According to ballotrpdia.org "The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, ' "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.' "

Its main purpose was to extend rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people.

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This was a series of violent evetns that happened form May 1 to 3 and it was black union veterans fighting against white policemen and firemen.

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This was a bill that divided the former Confederate states into five military districts. It outlined the terms for readmission to

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Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo, June 1870

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Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo, June 1870

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Was a debate in Congress of the annexation of San Domingo by the U.S.

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This Amendment extended the rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people.

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Ulysses S. Grant was a commanding general and led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War.

He would be later elected as the 18th President of the United States.

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Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman, Winter 1868

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Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman, Winter 1868

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There are many reason why this was significant, granted some rights to women, it abolished debtors prison, provided for public education, and many more.

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15th Amendment is ratified, February 3, 1870

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15th Amendment is ratified, February 3, 1870

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It forbade states and also the federal government to be able to deny suffrage to any citizen because of race, color, ect.

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The massacre took place on April 13, 1873 in Colfax, Louisiana.

The fight was between blacks and whites, and 3 whites and an estimated 150 blacks were killed in the conflict.

The reason for this conflict was because of the racial tension that followed the hotly contested Louisiana governor's race, the Republicans had won which caused white Democrats to get angry and want revenge.

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Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy" 1875

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Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy" 1875

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The Mississippi plan was to insure that the democrats would win the upcoming elections.

They did this by using threats and purchase of black vote.

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The southern Democrats promised to support Hayes in becoming president only if he would also promise to remove federal troops from the south