Provided food, housing, and medical aid to newly freed African Americans.

Helped establish schools and find jobs for freedmen.

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

His death changed the course of Reconstruction.

Johnson took over after Lincoln’s assassination.

Favored a lenient approach toward Southern states.

Southern states passed laws restricting the rights of freedmen.

Limited voting, land ownership, and jobs, basically slavery without chains.

Abolished slavery across the United States.

First of the three “Reconstruction Amendments.”

White supremacist group was founded in Tennessee.

Used terror and violence to stop African Americans from voting.

Granted citizenship to African Americans.

Congress overrode President Johnson’s veto to pass it.

White mobs, police, and firemen attacked Black neighborhoods.

Dozens were killed, homes and schools destroyed.

Divided the South into five military districts.

Required new state constitutions with Black male suffrage and ratification of the 14th Amendment.

Granted citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the U.S.

Guaranteed equal protection under the law.

For the first time, Black men participated in rewriting state constitutions.

Many were elected to local and state office.

Guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race or color.

Strengthened Black political power during Reconstruction.

White Democrats used intimidation and violence to keep Black citizens from voting.

Helped Democrats regain control of Southern politics.

Resolved the disputed 1876 election by making Rutherford B. Hayes president.

Federal troops left the South, ending Reconstruction.