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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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Bureau works to help provide former slaves with immediate shelter, medical services, and food.

Was initially for year, but remain useful until 1868

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April 15, 1865: Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

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April 15, 1865: Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

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President Lincoln was assassinated

Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C

President Lincoln was assassinated due to him mentioning black suffrage for soldiers and others in his speech.

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Became the 17th president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

President Johnson began to show leniency towards the white South

Ordered land restoration to its original owners, including the land given to freed slaves.

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Southern states elected Former Confederates to public offices to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment

Wanted to deny Black men to vote

South Legislatures established Black Codes to control labor and establish white supremacy

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December 6, 1865: 13th Amendment Ratified

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December 6, 1865: 13th Amendment Ratified

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Radical Republicans do not acknowledge new governments in Southern states

60+ former Confederates take seat in Congress

Clerk of the House refuses to include Southern representatives

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The Ku Klux Klan was formed to intimate African Americans and to deny their rights

Many government officials supported the group

Founded in Pulaski, Tennessee

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Grants citizenship to African Americans

Guarantees equal rights

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White people and police killed 46 African Americans

90 houses were destroyed, schools, and 4 churches

Took place in Memphis, Tennessee

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March 2, 1867 - March 11 1868: Reconstruction Act of 1867

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March 2, 1867 - March 11 1868: Reconstruction Act of 1867

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Congress begins to pass more reconstruction laws that override President Johnson's vetoes

South divided into 5 military districts and mandate other states to adopt new constitutions

Congress weakened the Presidents control of the army

African American men are allowed to vote

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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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Initiated by Ulysses S. Grant

Added Santo Domingo to the U.S in hopes of it becoming a statehood

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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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Guarantees African Americans equal protection under the law

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

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Won the electoral college 214-80

Was inconsistent in his policy regarding Reconstruction

Sent troops to South Carolina to protect African Americans civil rights, but failed to send federal troops to Louisiana

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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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Constitutional Convention with Mrs. Spence

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February 3, 1870: 15th Amendment Ratified

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February 3, 1870: 15th Amendment Ratified

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All male citizens can vote regardless of race

Women of all colors were denied the right to vote

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White rule clashes with Louisiana's all-black state militia

3 members of White League are killed

100+ Black men are killed, many killed after they surrendered

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1875: Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy"

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1875: Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy"

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To overthrow Republican rule

Planned by Mississippi Democrats

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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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Presidential debate whether Hayes or Tilden would become president

Hayes agree to abandon Reconstruction policies in exchange for presidency

The South enforces slavery and violates the civil rights of African Americans