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1865- The Freedmen's Bureau was established  

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1865- The Freedmen's Bureau was established  

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Helped Former slaves acquire Jobs, Land, Medical Care, education

Some  180,000 Blacks have served in the union Army, over one fifth of the adult male black population under 45.

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April 15, 1865- President Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated 

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April 15, 1865- President Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated 

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His last speech mentions black suffrage for soldiers.

The Civil war ends when Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant.

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April 15,1865- Vice President Andrew Johnson takes office 

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April 15,1865- Vice President Andrew Johnson takes office 

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In May Johnson declares that they and the confederate leadership will be required to petition him individually for pardons.

Neither adopted abolitionist ideals nor challenged racist sentiments.

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 November 22nd, 1865- Black Codes are Passed 

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 November 22nd, 1865- Black Codes are Passed 

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Unemployed black can be seized and auctioned to planters as a laborers.

Prohibited from work except as field hands.

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The Union Army is quickly demobilized.

Southern towns and cities start to experience a large influx of Freedmen.

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1865-The KKK is formed and is in every southern state by the 1870's.

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1865-The KKK is formed and is in every southern state by the 1870's.

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The organization of the KKK coincided with the beginning of the second phase of post Civil War reconstruction.

local law enforcement officials either belonged to the Klan or declined to take action against it.

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granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,”

Abolished Slavery, protected the rights of Black Americans.

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The Riot began when a white police officer attempted to arrest a black ex-soldier.

Within a month a congressional committee arrived to investigate the riot.

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Reconstruction Acts of 1867- The Tenure of Office Act (1867-1887)

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Reconstruction Acts of 1867- The Tenure of Office Act (1867-1887)

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It was used as the legal premise for impeaching President Andrew Johnson.

Strengthened the power of the Executive branch of the U.S. government.

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It would become the basis for many landmark supreme court Decisions over the years.

"Equal protection of the laws"

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Black and white Americans stood side by side for the first time in political life.

The era was to a great extent defined by their quest for autonomy and equal rights under the law.

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Granted African American men the  right to vote.

By the late 1870s discriminatory practices were used to prevent blacks from exercising their right to vote.

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They were technically applied to everyone, but targeted African Americans.

This was a loophole around the 15th Amendment.

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-   Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated President
- Reconstruction Ends