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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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Assists in the reconstruction and to help formerly enslaved people make the transition from slavery to freedom.

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Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth, in the Peterson House.

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April 15th, 1865- Andrew Johnson becomes president

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April 15th, 1865- Andrew Johnson becomes president

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Johnson is inaugurated at kirkwood house, after the assassination of the previous president, Abraham Lincoln.

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Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force

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December 6, 1865- 13th Amendment is Ratified

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December 6, 1865- 13th Amendment is Ratified

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Abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories, outlawed the practice of involuntary servitude and peonage.

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The KKK are an American white supremacist terrorist hate group.

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The first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.

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May 1st -  May 3rd, 1866- Memphis Race Riot

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May 1st -  May 3rd, 1866- Memphis Race Riot

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The Memphis massacre of 1866 was a series of violent events; Black Union veterans and white policemen and firemen fought.

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Organized the south into 5 military districts, and the states had to have a military leader from the north (Marshall law).

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July 9, 1868- 14th Amendment is Ratified

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July 9, 1868- 14th Amendment is Ratified

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Granted citizenship to everyone in the United States, including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with equal protection under the laws.

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January 14th - March 17th, 1868- Southern constitutional conventions

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January 14th - March 17th, 1868- Southern constitutional conventions

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Black North Carolinians emancipated by the Thirteenth Amendment.  However, many rights allowed to the white population, particularly voting and trial rights, had not yet been extended to black freedmen and women.

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 February 3, 1870- 15th Amendment is Ratified

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 February 3, 1870- 15th Amendment is Ratified

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The 15th guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

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The Mississippi Democratic-dominated legislature drafted and passed a new constitution, which effectively disenfranchised and disarmed most blacks.

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An unwritten deal, informally arranged among United States Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election.