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Freedmen’s Bureau was created

Worked to smooth the transition from slavery

Assistance for free African Americans

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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

He was attending a performance with his wife at Ford's Theatre

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Andrew Johnson becomes president following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Vice president at the time

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Imposed restrictions on black citizens' right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces

Wanted to re-establish white supremacy

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Abolished slavery in the United States

The amendment still allows for slavery as a punishment for a crime

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The KKK is formed

"a violent post-Civil War secret society to upend the Black political and social power that was being established during Reconstruction"

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The Civil Rights Act of 1866

Guarantees equal rights "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude."

First federal law to affirm that all U.S. citizens are equally protected under the law

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Memphis Race Riot

An attack by members of the white majority on Black residents of Memphis, Tennessee

Killed 46 African Americans and destroyed 90 houses, schools, and four churches

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Reconstruction Acts of 1867

Former Confederacy was divided into five military districts

Outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states

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Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo

Attempt for a treaty during the later Reconstruction era

Initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869

Some politicians and activists supported efforts to annex the Dominican Republic

They saw it as a place where Black Americans could own property and live freely

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14th amendment is ratified

Granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States"

Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866

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Led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War.

Later elected the 18th President of the United States

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Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

The main issue was whether the federal government or the states would have more power

First political meetings in history to include substantial numbers of black men

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15th amendment is ratified

It granted African American men the right to vote

Secretary of State Hamilton Fish issued a proclamation certifying the ratification

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The Colfax Massacre

Around 62–153, black militiamen were murdered

Only 3 of the white league died

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Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

The intent was to insure their victory in the upcoming elections

Used intimidation of black voters to guarantee that white Democrats would take control

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Compromise of 1877

Informal, unwritten deal that

Settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election