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 January 31, 1865-13th Amendment is ratified

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 January 31, 1865-13th Amendment is ratified

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The 13th amendment made slavery and involuntary servitude illegal.

If crime committed then may be punished with servitude.

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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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This was a transition after slavery was abolished.

Preceding slaves were provided with immediate medical care and shelter, and some even land.

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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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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and shot during a performance at theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

The reason for this was  John didn't like how he was helping black people.

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Abraham Lincoln | Assassination Conspiracy | Biography

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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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Andrew Johnson owned slaves and was a racist that didn't want slaves free at all.

He believed that each state should have choice to keep slaves or not.

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The KKK was a white supremacist group who hated black people.

They sought to get rid of any group that was a minority including jews, blacks, people that were supported left side of government, and homosexuals.

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Restrictive laws to limit freedom of Black people.

Restricted what most white men could do like vote, own property, own guns etc.

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Voiced the aspirations of North Carolina blacks, that were classified as free and former slaves.

The speeches there were respectful and normal, and a formal communication was to be delivered to the (white) constitutional convention and the General Assembly, suffrage and judicial reform were not specifically mentioned

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Declared that all people born in the US were citizens no matter race, or any condition.

This prohibited discrimination of any kind and made it illegal.

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Racial violence was caused by political, social, and racial problems within society.

This was a 3 day riot within Memphis that had a lot o violence.

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June 13, 1866-14th Amendment is ratified

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June 13, 1866-14th Amendment is ratified

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This amendment granted citizenship and guaranteed that all citizens had equal protection of the law, but only to people born in the US.

This didn't really apply to women though but did apply to white men and black men.

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Acts that laid out the process of southern states readmitting into the Union

It divided the former confederate states into 5 military districts

This also reimbursed the 14th and 15th amendment in the Southern states

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 February 26, 1869- 15th Amendment is ratified

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 February 26, 1869- 15th Amendment is ratified

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Said the rights of citizens of the United States to vote can't be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

This allowed black men to have power and have freedom

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1875- Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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1875- Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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Made by conservative white Democrats as part of the white revolt during the Reconstruction Era

It was made by Democratic Party to overthrow the Republican Party in Mississippi by organizing threats of violence and suppression or purchase of the black vote

Democrats wanted to regain political control of the legislature

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Informally arranged among congressmen that settled the 1876 election

Ended with the US federal government pulling the last troops out of South, and ending the Reconstruction Era