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Freedmen's Bureau created

smoothened the transition from slavery to freedom for former slaves

remained in operation till 1868

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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

mentions black suffrage for soldiers and some others in his last speech

assassinated 6 days after the Civil War ends

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Andrew Johnson becomes president

was President Lincoln's vice president and became president after his death

was a racist and uneducated Southerner

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Black Codes

was drafted to re-establish white supremacy

restricted the rights of African Americans

similar to slavery without the chains

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13th Amendment is ratified

abolished slavery

passed at the end of the Civil War

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KKK is formed

former Confederate soldiers formed the group

devoted to White supremacy

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

granted the same rights all white citizens enjoyed to males of all races

guaranteed equal rights

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Memphis Race Riot

white civilians & police kill 46 African Americans

terrorized black communities and burned homes for 3 days

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Reconstruction Acts of 1867

introduce black suffrage & African American men can vote

divide the South into military districts

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14th Amendment is ratified

citizenship included all people born or naturalized in the US

equal protection under the law for African Americans

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Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

former Union general becomes the 18th president

black men in the South cast 700,000 votes for the republican ticket

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15th Amendment is ratified

granted voting rights to African American men

Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton opposed the amendment

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Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

prohibiting racial discrimination in public facilities

Supreme Court struck it down in 1883

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Compromise of 1877

Reconstruction policies end

President Rutherford Hayes protects the civil rights of African Americans