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The 10 Percent Plan allowed the southern states to be able to rejoin the Union after 10% of their voters made an oath of allegiance to the Union. After voters took the oath, they were then able to vote for the political leaders in their states.

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Abraham Lincoln was reelected in the 1864 presidential race. The Civil War was still being fought, so he was unsure if he was going to win until the Union took over Atlanta. Once they did that, Lincoln felt more confident about the election and ended up winning with 212 electoral college votes.

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On April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln in Ford Theater. He was shot only five days after Robert Lee of the confederate forces surrendered. Booth was a confederate sympathizer who had planned to save the confederacy from the north. Booth was able to escape the theater and leave Washington. The president was rushed across the street to a boarding house where the surgeon general determined he couldn't be saved.

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In May of 1865, Andrew Johnson told his plan for reconstruction to the American people. He was very lenient with how the south operated post-war, which led to racist laws being passed. Congress worked to pass laws that contradicted the laws in the south, but President Johnson vetoed them. This led to his impeachment, and the true beginning of reconstruction. Congress started by making sure all of the southern states ratified the 14th Amendment and started the integration of the formerly enslaved to the south. Violence spread throughout the Reconstruction Era for years before reaching the Compromise of 1876. African-American citizens continued to fight for their civil rights, but the Reconstruction Era was officially over.

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Surrender from the Confederacy (April 9, 1865)

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Surrender from the Confederacy (April 9, 1865)

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Robert E. Lee surrendered his confederate troops to the Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, thus marking the ending of the 4 year long Civil War.

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The Freedman's Bureau was established (March 3, 1865)

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The Freedman's Bureau was established (March 3, 1865)

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Congress passed an act to establish a Bureau for protection of Freedman and refugees. This provided them with food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land.

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13th Amendment Ratified (December 6, 1865)

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13th Amendment Ratified (December 6, 1865)

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This amendment abolished slavery "within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

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The Black Codes defined the rights of freedman. It mainly restricted their rights, but the codes did grant black persons a few more civil rights.

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This act said that all the persons born in the United States are citizens no matter what race they were. It helped the progression of equality.

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The Ku Klux Klan sometimes known as the KKK is a famous white supremacy terrorist organization that targets black people. This group added extra tension between the races and the union.

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This act divided all the confederate states except from Tennessee into 5 military districts. It required each state to write their own constitution. It also made the states ratify the 14th amendment in order to go back to the union.

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This amendment granted a citizenship to everyone born in the United States. Race is not a factor and former enslaved people can be citizens as well. Everyone has equal protection of the laws. This helped equality in many ways.

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In 1865 Ulysses S. Grant was elected president for leading the army to victory over the confederacy in the American civil war.

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February 3 1870 the 15th amendment was ratified giving African American men the right to vote

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They are trying to let African Americans to be able to have service on juries , have equal public transportation and, public accommodations.

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Republican Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, All though Tilden did get more popular votes but he did not have enough electoral votes. There was 20 votes that had problems with the elections in 4 states. They're was a deal made to give all the 20 votes to Hayes if they took the army out of the south and ended Reconstruction.

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In 1865 Ulysses S. Grant was elected president for leading the army to victory over the confederacy in the American civil war.