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March 3, 1865

Provides assistance to emancipated African Americans

Abolished in 1872

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April 15th, 1865

Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president

6 days before the assassination he has a speech that mentions black suffrage for soldiers and others.

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1865-1869

Happened After Lincoln's assassination because he was the Vice President.

Announces his plan for Presidential Reconstruction

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1865-1866

Southern states enact laws restricting rights of African Americans.

Re-establish white supremacy

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December 5th, 1865

Abolishes slavery in the United States.

End of February 18 states had ratified the amendment.

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December 24th, 1865

A secret organization to intimidate African Americans.

Emerges to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves

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April 6th, 1866

Confers citizenship on African Americans

Guarantees equal rights.

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May 1st, 1866

White civilians and police kill 46 African Americans

Destroyed 90 houses, schools, and four churches in Memphis, Tennessee.

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March 2nd, 1867

Congress divides the former Confederacy into five military districts

African American men can vote

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July 9th, 1868

Guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans.

Defined citizenship to include all people born or naturalized in the U.S.

Increases the federal government's power over the states to protect all Americans' rights.

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January 14th, 1868

The first political meetings in American history to include substantial numbers of black men.

The Constitution that they wrote created modern South Carolina.

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February 3rd, 1870

Extends the vote to all male citizens regardless of racer or previous condition of servitude.

Signified the fulfillment of all promises to African Americans

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1875

Called for the bribery or intimidation of black voters.

Financial enticements were given to blacks who supported the Democrats, and violence was waged on others in order to convince them to join a Democratic club for protection.

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1876

An unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen

Settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election