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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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-Created by Abraham Lincoln.

-Provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to Southerners and newly freed African-Americans.

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April 15, 1865- Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

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April 15, 1865- Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

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-Not long after 10 pm, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate, stepped into the presidential box at the Ford's Theatre and shot Abraham Lincoln fatally.

-John Wilkes Booth jumped from the box and escaped, he later died that month after he either was shot or shot himself.

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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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-Became the president the right after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

-Served from 1865 to 1869, he also began his term as the Civil War concluded.

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-Black Codes restricted African-American's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.

-They prohibited "loitering vagrancy" which essentially said that if you were going to be free you had to be working.

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December 6, 1865 - The 13th Amendment is ratified.

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December 6, 1865 - The 13th Amendment is ratified.

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-The 13th Amendment stated, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

-It basically abolished slavery as a way to gain money for people.

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-A group of Confederate veterans come together to create a secret society called the "Ku Klux Klan"

-They wanted to reverse the Government's Reconstruction-era activities, which included rights for black people.

-The KKK engaged in terrorist raids against African-Americans and white Republicans at night.

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-Declared all persons born in the United States are a citizen regardless of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.

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-Black Union veterans and white policemen and firemen clashed in a violent fracas, which is basically a loud quarrel.

-46 Blacks were found dead and another 76 were injured.

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March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868    - Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868    - Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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-Outlined the terms for readmission to the representation of rebel states

- Divided the former Confederate States into 5 military districts, except for Tennessee.

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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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-An attempted treaty later during the Reconstruction Era.
-To Annex Santo Domingo because the Dominican Republic was known as a United States Treaty.

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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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-No State should take the basic human rights granted to every human.
-No State should take life, liberty, or property from anyone without going through the law.

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-Led the Union Armies to a victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War.
-Worked to implement Congressional Reconstruction and remove the vestiges of slavery.

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Winter 1868 - Southern Constitutional Conventions including freemen

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Winter 1868 - Southern Constitutional Conventions including freemen

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-Wanted to get their escaped slaves back.
-Granted women some rights.

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February 3, 1870 - 15th Amendment ratified.

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February 3, 1870 - 15th Amendment ratified.

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-Granted African-American men the right to vote
-Excluded women, who also fought for this cause.

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-Around 120 Black Militia men were murdered after surrendering to a mob of former confederate soldiers and Ku Klux Klan members.
-The result of racial tensions.

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1875 - Mississippi Plan / Shotgun Policy

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1875 - Mississippi Plan / Shotgun Policy

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-Plan devised by the Democratic Party to overthrow the Republican Party in Mississippi.
-The violence and intimidation of black and white voters, often called the “shotgun policy” or the “Mississippi Plan"

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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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-Rutherford B. Hayes would become president if he removed troops from the south.
-Used to settle the election dispute.