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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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•An act was created to provide services such as medicine, food, shelter, and clothing to newly freed African Americans.

•Crucial for the transition between slavery and freedom; though it was opposed

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April 14, 1865; Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

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April 14, 1865; Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

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•Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre.

•He died the morning of April 15, 1865

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April 15, 1865;  Andrew Johnson becomes president

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April 15, 1865;  Andrew Johnson becomes president

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•Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes the US president after Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

•He becomes the 17th President of the United States

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•First Black Codes were passed in Mississippi to create restrictions for African Americans.

•These restrictions were imposed on work ability, legal rights, economics, and social rights.

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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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•The 13th amendment officially abolished slavery and was added to the state laws on December 6.

•It had previously been passed by Senate, but not by the house.

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•The Ku Klux Klan was formed as a white supremacist extremist terrorist hate group.

•Their goal is to go against equality for Black Americans and go back to restrictive rights.

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April 9, 1866;  Civil Rights Act of 1866

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April 9, 1866;  Civil Rights Act of 1866

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•This act declared all US citizens have inalienable rights regardless of race of previous condition.

•It allowed all citizens to make contracts, sue, and enjoy federal protection from the law

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•A white mob attacked an African American community due to tension from formerly enslaved people being set free

•First large scale racial massacre post Civil War

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March 2, 1867  Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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March 2, 1867  Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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•A series of laws passed to grant voting rights to black men.

•The former confederate states were turned into five military districts allowing this to happen

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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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•Gave all citizens the rights to life, liberty, and property to equate to equal protection for all

•Aimed to secure civil rights for freed slaves

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The 14th Amendment: Understanding its crucial legal impact

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1867-1868;  Southern constitutional conventions including freedman

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1867-1868;  Southern constitutional conventions including freedman

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•Conventions drafted rights for black men to remove discrimination and black codes.

•Essentially Conventions were meeting to request more rights and equality for education and political representation.

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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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•States could not withhold the right to vote from any citizen of the United States;

•Suffrage for African American men after the Civil War was granted

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1875; Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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1875; Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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•White conservative made a plan to ensure a win in the election through manipulation.

•They planned to threaten black voters andn allow Democrats to have control over the government once again.

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•Was an informal agreement between Democrats and Republican to recognize Rutherford B. Hayes as president.

•Federal troops would be removed from some states and the southern states could have some of their control back