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-Provided assistance to African Americans.
-Helped make the transition from slavery to freedmen smooth.
-Created Negotiation for labor contracts.

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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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-Abolished Slavery
-Declared Slavery as injustice

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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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-Announced Presidential Reconstruction.
-Restoration of property except for slaves.
-Get the 13th Amendment ratified.

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-Nation levels didn't want to get the 13th Amendment ratified.
-Re-established white supremacy.
-Laws restricting African Americans to make them do labor.

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Dec 6, 1865- 13th Amendment is ratified 

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Dec 6, 1865- 13th Amendment is ratified 

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- African American men are allowed to vote.
-Radical Republicans refuse to accept it.

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-Created to intimidate African Americans.
-Re- influence the idea of white supremacy.
-Targeted violence against African American leaders.

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-Guarantees equal rights.
-Created citizenship for African Americans.
-First legislation enacted over a presidential veto.

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-White people assault black people.
-Around 48 majority black people are dead.
-About a different 100 homes were burned that were owned by black people.

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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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-Reconstructions laws passed overriding President Johnson's vetoes.
-South was divided into military districts.
-New constitutions were adopted introducing black suffrage.

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Winter 1868- Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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Winter 1868- Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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-Black and whites started working together.
-There was a substantial amount of black men ever in a political meeting.

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-18th president
-Union General
-He wanted to help Black Americans become elected officials.

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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 during the later reconstruction era.
-Dominican Republic became U.S territory because of promised statehood.

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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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-All male citizens can vote.
-Previous people in servitude were allowed to also.
-This didn't depend on the color of your skin.

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-Clash between blacks and whites
-Three whites died and 150 black people died.
-White militia challenged black militia for the control of the governor.

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-Prevent Black political participants
-White- American Democratic party trying to overthrow Republican party.
-African Americans flooded the voting polls causing there to be a republican carry by 30,000 majority.