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March 3, 1865  Freedmen’s Bureau created

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March 3, 1865  Freedmen’s Bureau created

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- The main point of the organization was to help newly freed colored people merge into the rest of society.
- An extension of 2 years was vetoed by President Johnson but Congress overrid his decision.

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April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated -(briefly describe assassination and or Lincoln’s policies of Reconstruction)

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April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated -(briefly describe assassination and or Lincoln’s policies of Reconstruction)

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- John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at Ford Theater
- Lincoln was shot in the back of the head but survived for a couple hours before finally dying to his injuries

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April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president -(briefly describe him/his policies toward Reconstruction as president)

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April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president -(briefly describe him/his policies toward Reconstruction as president)

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- Johnson wanted to completely overhaul the Southern government and its economy
- Was a little too lenient during his presidency term and pardoned over 10,000 people

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- Laws were passed that limited black people from having may rights and raising their social status
- Was the main reason the Jim Crow era arose

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- This amendment abolished slavery and outlawed most if not all forms of forced labor
- Southern states had to ratify it to be allowed back into the Union

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- Anti-black group is formed and would become one of the worlds most infamous terrorist groups
- Started in Polanski, Tennessee by a group of confederate veterans

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- Stated all people born in the US would automatically have citizenship
- Allowed black people who were formerly slaves to be identified as citizens of the US giving them benefits

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- An altercation between white policeman and black veterans turns deadly and leads to a 3 day riot with white people massacring, raping, burning, terrorizing, and demolishing the black community
- Federal troops were called in to stop the violence and it ended on the third day

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March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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- This act basically outlined 4 main conditions a Southern state needed to be readmitted into the Union
- Split all the Southern states, excluding Tennessee, into military districts guarded by the Union forces

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June 1870 Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo 

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June 1870 Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo 

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- Originally was a plan to have Texas join the Union as a territory and not a state so they could have their own government but was rejected by Congress
- Texas later joined as the 28th state into the Union but had to keep its war debt, give up anything that wasn't public land, and cede a lot of its land

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July 28, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified

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July 28, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified

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- Gave citizenship to any people naturalized or born into the United States
- Gave former slaves the same rights as anyone else in America

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November 3, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant-(briefly describe him/his policies toward Reconstruction as president)

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November 3, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant-(briefly describe him/his policies toward Reconstruction as president)

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- Grant's main goal was to improve the North and Souths relationship and lead to a reconciliation
- Established a firm foothold in civil rights and tried to squander hate towards newly freed blacks

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Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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- Introduced the 3/5ths rule stating that colored people were 3/5ths of a white mans vote
- Southern delegates argued to keep their slavery institutions intact which almost led to a premature convention close

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February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified

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February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified

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- Established that the color of a persons skin, their ethnicity, their religion, or servitude did not take away their human rights
- Allowed black people to push back against Jim Crow laws and find more jobs

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- Louisiana was in a race for governor which was split between white power supremacists and slavery abolitionists
- Led to white men firing into a black militia protecting the ballot leading to a defense team (black people) and an offense team (white people.) When the defenders surrendered, the white supremacists did not hold back and proceeded to slaughter them

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1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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- Democratic party planned to overthrow the Republican party in Mississippi with threats, violence, and purchasing of black voters
- Caused fear in black people voting which led to the downfall of the Republican vote

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After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877

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After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877

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- Ended the reconstruction era and pulled Northern troops from Southern states
- Settled some of the intense and hostile confrontations between both sides