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http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-kkk-today/
- The K.K.K have a history about bring there children to their rallies and other gatherings
- In July 2015, supporters got police protection at a Confederate flag rally in Columbia, SC.
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- The Thirteenth Amendment (1865) ended slavery

-  The black family, the black church, and education were central elements in the lives of post-emancipation African Americans.

- During the period of Reconstruction, some 2000 African Americans held government jobs.

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- Grant served as president from 1869 to 1877
- After the war he became a national hero, and the Republicans nominated him for president in 1868

-  As president, Grant tried to foster a peaceful reconciliation between the North and South

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http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-kkk-today/
- The K.K.K is the oldest American group
- There are about 5000 - 8000 Klan members nationwide today
- In Georgia, they gathered for a Cross and Nazi Swastika burning and chanting "white power" in August 2016

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8:shmoop.com ULYSSES S. GRANT IN RECONSTRUCTION -New presidents

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8:shmoop.com ULYSSES S. GRANT IN RECONSTRUCTION -New presidents

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- Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States of America

- A primary focus of Grant’s administration was Reconstruction

-  He worked to reconcile the North and South while also attempting to protect the civil rights of newly freed black slaves

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Sirs discover Reconstruction part 3 government help 

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Sirs discover Reconstruction part 3 government help 

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http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000324183
- Congress refused to recognize state governments under lincoln and johnson's reconstruction policies
- many people think reconstruction was controlled by black legislates that was only true for south carolina because so many freed slaves from that state
-military was sent to the south under the Reconstruction Act of March 2, 1867 until state constitutions were rewritten
- many white southerners rebelled but were put down
-some white and black politicians who disagreed with the new reconstruction laws raided state treasuries (money)

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-  Johnson grew up in poverty. He was apprenticed to a tailor as a boy, but he ran away.

- He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1808

-  He opened a tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, and married Eliza McCardle

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Sirs discover Reconstruction part 2 slaves after war 

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Sirs discover Reconstruction part 2 slaves after war 

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http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000324183
-  Freedoms bureau didn't just help blacks during 1865-1869
- Helped 15 million blacks and 5 million whites who lost homes during war
- Bureau helped give the freed slaves an education
- By 1870 quarter of a million blacks were enrolled in 4,300 schools
- whole act was funded mainly by wealthy white philanthropists willing to help blacks

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6:Andrew Johnson and the Legacy of the Civil War  American History Elizabeth R. Varon

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6:Andrew Johnson and the Legacy of the Civil War  American History Elizabeth R. Varon

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- Andrew Johnson has the distinction of being one of our worst presidents

- He was also one of the most puzzling presidents

- He was also the ideal running mate for Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 election

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http://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/192765?q=Ku%20Klux%20Klan%20Civil%20War
- The period after WW2 saw another return of the Klan, driven by fear of communism and the Civil Rights Movement
- Although this Klan was numerically small and marked by Divisions, probably around 25,000 members, this version was quite violent
- Its groups accumulated large caches of weapons and explosives

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http://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/192765?q=Ku%20Klux%20Klan%20Civil%20War
- This Klan provided opportunities to express their feeling and hatreds
- Although It was quite unsuccessful despite the Klans population of nearly 2 Million members
-  Although in many areas political candidates needed Klan endorsement  to ensure election
- Only two Klan-endorsed laws seem to have passed during this time period
- An Alabama statute requiring state inspection of convents
- And an Oregon law requiring all children to attend public school
- BOTH were later overturned by the courts and the Klan collapsed when they realized in many states, especially Indiana, that there leaders were criminals and con men who used business for personal gain

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http://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/192765?q=Ku%20Klux%20Klan%20Civil%20War
-This Klan was less violent than its earlier incarnation
- It was involved in numerous lynchings and attacks on black men and women
- They also developed the Klans insignia of cross burning

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http://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/192765?q=Ku%20Klux%20Klan%20Civil%20War
- The original Ku Klux Klan was formed with the motivation of hatred against black people
-  Then later during the 1920's they changed, they started going against Jews, Catholics, or any immigrants of any race/religion
- A violent manifestation to the reaction of urbanization, industrialization and immigration emerged after WW1
- This "new" Klan preached a return to small town protestant values & Anglo-Saxon superiority

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Sirs discover Reconstruction part 1 everyone's lives after war 

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Sirs discover Reconstruction part 1 everyone's lives after war 

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http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B0000324183
- After war many of Southern towns and barns were burned down laving many people homeless
- Many white southerners feared that the blacks would revolt and it would be bloody
- black codes permitted blacks to have children and to legally marry

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Marsha Ziff(PT.4

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Marsha Ziff(PT.4

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-  On June 7, 1998, James Byrd Jr., a black man, was killed in a small town of Jasper, Texas
- Byrd was first beat up severely, then chained to a pick up truck and dragged down a country road for 3 miles
- The next morning fragments of Byrd's body were found scattered across the road
- The K.K.K denied involvement in the lynching
- Although, there was a cigarette lighter with the Klan's insignia was found in the area
- In addition, a young man was convinced of the murdering in February 1999 was a member of the Klan

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Reconstruction by History. com staff part 3 big events/decisions 

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Reconstruction by History. com staff part 3 big events/decisions 

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http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
- At first Abraham did not make ending slavery a goal of the Unions war effort
-  He did not want to anger border states that were with the union and make them  turn to the confederates
- In South majority of people were republicans because almost all the freed slaves turned to republicans after war
- 3 days after Lincoln proposed to let black vote in 1865 he was assasinated

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Reconstruction by History. com staff part 2 new president 

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Reconstruction by History. com staff part 2 new president 

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http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
-1868 Johhnson was impached beacuse of his relationship with congress
-Andrew kept vetoing bills trying to help blacks start a life
- in 1868 Civil rights act became first major bill to be vetoed

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Martha Ziff(PT.3)

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Martha Ziff(PT.3)

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- Thomas Ruffin, a North Carolina Supreme court judge, told his son, who was in the Klan, to stop
- Ruffin didn't speak out publicly due to the risk of getting hurt by the K.K.K
- William A. Graham, a North Carolina Governor, also never spoke out publicly due to this issue
- Blacks also never fought back
- They felt weak/powerless against the Klan

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5: Reconstruction following the civil war in american history

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5: Reconstruction following the civil war in american history

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Jayson Michals
- White entertainer Thomas Rice imitated a black man, coloring his face and dancing to a song called "Jump Jim Crow"

- This caused people to refer to black people as Jim Crow

-  It got a different meaning later though, it was used for segregation.

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4: A history of US revised third edition reconstructing america 1865-1890

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4: A history of US revised third edition reconstructing america 1865-1890

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Jayson Michals
- After slavery was outlawed, people started thinking about, if you're really free if you can't vote

- They also asked, "if you are free but laws say you can't quit your job or leave your plantation, are you really free?"

- President Johnson vetoed the civil rights laws, he didn't believe in equality

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Civil War and Reconstruction by David C. King part 2 Big events 

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Civil War and Reconstruction by David C. King part 2 Big events 

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- Reconstruction came to an end in the 1870s

- in 1872 Congress passed Amnesty Act restoring full rights to all confederate soldier veterans

- This helped strengthen the Democratic party
- By 1875 democrats controlled 8 out of the 11 former confederate states
-  Americas centennial really United the country fully

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Marsha Ziff(PT.2)

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Marsha Ziff(PT.2)

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- Abram Colby's little daughter watched a mob of klansmen viciously beat her father for 3 hours
- Abram had organized an large branch of Georgia's Equal Rights Association in 1866.
- ALL ex-slaves were targeted regardless of age, sex, even if they helped the political office
- They came in the night on horses

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The American Civil War And Reconstruction 1850- 1890 by Jeff Wallenfeldt part 2 Big events 

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The American Civil War And Reconstruction 1850- 1890 by Jeff Wallenfeldt part 2 Big events 

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- Blacks were eager to get land which they could live on and own from the government
-Gen.William T. Sherman's Field order NO. 15 gave a large strip of land just for black families off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia
-Government kept setting aside land than President Johnson got mad and took the land back and gave it to the whites
-Blacks eventually had no choice but to work back on plantation again of white farmers for shelter and money

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1: Reconstruction History.com Jayson Michals

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1: Reconstruction History.com Jayson Michals

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- There were restrictive laws for the newly freed slaves

- The laws also were for other African Americans

- The previous slaves also gained a voice in voting

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3: A history of US revised third edition reconstructing america 1865-1890

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3: A history of US revised third edition reconstructing america 1865-1890

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Jayson Michals
-  Andrew Johnson became president and was  about the same age as Lincoln

- He was a poor boy in his childhood, also like Lincoln and made his own path in his life

-He was a Democrat and had owned slaves

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Marsha Ziff

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Reconstruction Following the Civil War by Marsha Ziff

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- The K.K.K. began in the summer of 1866
- Formed by Six young men for amusement
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-  Named after a college fraternity(Kuklos Adelphon)
- They dressed in masks, flowing robes, and tall pointed hats(some with horns on the sides)

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2: Reconstruction following the civil war by Marsha Ziff

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2: Reconstruction following the civil war by Marsha Ziff

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- Robert Fitzgerald wanted to help the south (Rebuild homes, replant farms)

-  Robert was a black man, and still wanted to help the south

-He was a serious scholar and wanted to help previous slaved learn to read and write.

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The American Civil War And Reconstruction 1850- 1890 by Jeff Wallenfeldt part 1 Government jobs 

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The American Civil War And Reconstruction 1850- 1890 by Jeff Wallenfeldt part 1 Government jobs 

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-  After war Lincoln had plan that  only made the south pledge loyalty to the union but not north
-  After Lincoln assassinated president johnson ignored everything and restored land   and property to wealthy white farmers except slaves
- 16 African Americans served in congress during reconstruction

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Reconstruction by History. com staff part 1 new president 

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Reconstruction by History. com staff part 1 new president 

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http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
-  Under Andrew Johnson state legislatures "black codes" were made to control labor behavior of former slaves
-blacks treated very poorly in south after war
-Reconstruction act of 1867 divided south into 5 military districts
-in 1869  15 amendment was adopted to let any man no matter race or culture to vote

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Civil War and Reconstruction by David C. King part 1 peoples lives after war 

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Civil War and Reconstruction by David C. King part 1 peoples lives after war 

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-  New rights for African Americans
-  4 million slaves gained free rights in a democracy society
- Whole country was divided even after war many people wanted to punish south many did not
_ KKK was made beacuse southerners were stubborn of the reconstruction laws