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March 3, 1865:
This bureau provided food, shelter, clothing, etc. to newly freed African Americans and displaced Southerners. It is initially authorized for just one year.

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April 15, 1865:
Abraham was assassinated in a movie theater called Ford's Theatre. He was murder by John Wilkes Booth because John was a supporter of slavery and Lincoln was not.

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April 15, 1865:
After Abraham's death, his Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the 17th president.

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December 6, 1865:
Southern states enact laws restricting right of African Americans. Southern legislatures began drafting "Black Codes" to re-establish white supremacy.

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December 6, 1865:
This amendment abolishes slavery in the United States. Georgia was the twenty-seventh state to approve it out of thirty-six states.

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December 24, 1865:
A secret organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule was formed in Tennessee. It was formed by six Confederate veterans.

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April 9, 1866:
This act confers citizenship on African Americans and guarantees equal rights. It was the nation's first civil rights law.

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May 1-3, 1866:
In this riot, 46 African Americans were killed by police and white civilians. They also destroyed 90 houses, schools, and four churches.

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March 2, 1867:
This act became a law after Congress overrode a presidential veto. The new policies divide the South into military districts.

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July 21, 1868:
This amendment guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans.

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Winter, 1868:
Black and white lawmakers began to work side by side in Southern states.

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February 3, 1870:
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote. Iowa approved this amendment to the Constitution to finally secure its ratification with a three-quarters majority of the states.

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1875:
This plan used intimidation of black voters to guarantee that the white Democrats could take control of the state government.

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March 2, 1877:
The compromise gave white Southerners their chance to stop the military occupation of the South.