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It was to help former Black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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Although he owned slaves, he supported the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery. In the last speech of his life, he recommended extending the vote to African Americans

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He pardoned all who would take an oath of allegiance, but required leaders and men of wealth to obtain special Presidential pardons.

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severely limited the rights of Black people, many of whom had been enslaved. These codes limited what jobs African Americans could hold, and their ability to leave a job once hired.

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Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, it was to abolish slavery. It was ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War.

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The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.

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declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude."

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The riot began when a white police officer attempted to arrest a black ex-soldier and an estimate of fifty black people showed up to stop the police from jailing him. It quickly escalated turning into a disaster.

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outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.

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the Senate defeated the Dominican Republic annexation treaty by a vote of 28 to 28. Eighteen Republican senators joined Sumner to defeat the Dominican annexation treaty.

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The amendment granted citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteed freedom, due process, and equal protection under the law to all Americans. The Supreme Court ruled separate-but-equal facilities constitutional on intrastate railroads.

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It was the first presidential election to take place after the conclusion of the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery. It was the first election in which African Americans could vote in the reconstructed Southern states, in accordance with the First Reconstruction Act.

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The 1868 constitution was revolutionary because it embodied many democratic principles absent from previous constitutions.

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Granting African American men the right to vote. (Also my birthday).

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Republicans had narrowly won the 1872 election to retain control of the state, but Democrats contested the results. The bloodiest  instance of racial discrimination in the Reconstruction era, the Colfax massacre taught many lessons.

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It used racial terror, violence, massacres, intimidation, threats, harassment to overthrow Black power in Reconstruction era local governments.

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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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The Democrats agreed to the election of Hayes and in turn he withdrew the Army from the South, leaving the Democrats in control there. The existence of an informal agreement to secure Hayes's political authority.