Established to help newly freed African Americans transition from slavery to freedom.

Provided food, housing, education, and legal support.

Faced resistance in the South and limited funding.

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

Died the following day, April 15, 1865.

His death changed the direction of Reconstruction under new leadership.

Took office after Lincoln’s assassination.

Favored a lenient approach to Southern states’ readmission.

His policies clashed with Radical Republicans in Congress.

Southern states passed restrictive laws to control freed African Americans.

Limited rights such as voting, jury service, and property ownership.

Aimed to preserve white supremacy and a cheap labor force.

Abolished slavery in the United States.

First of the three Reconstruction Amendments.

Provided legal freedom, but not equal rights.

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Used violence and terror to intimidate African Americans and Republicans.

Opposed Reconstruction and Black civil rights.

First U.S. law to define citizenship and guarantee equal protection under the law.

Targeted Black Codes and racial discrimination.

Vetoed by Johnson but overridden by Congress

Violent clash between white mobs and African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee.

Over 40 African Americans killed, many Black schools and churches destroyed.

Showed the need for federal protection of freedmen.

Divided the South into 5 military districts.

Required Southern states to draft new constitutions guaranteeing Black men the right to vote.

States had to ratify the 14th Amendment before rejoining the Union.

Granted citizenship to all born or naturalized in the U.S., including former enslaved people.

Guaranteed equal protection under the law.

Limited rights of former Confederates to hold office.

African American men participated in writing new state constitutions.

Expanded civil and voting rights.

Created public school systems in the South.

Prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Aimed to secure Black male suffrage.

Led to the election of African Americans to local, state, and federal offices.

White supremacist strategy to suppress Black voting through intimidation and violence.

Involved organized attacks by armed groups.

Marked a turning point toward the “Redemption” of the South.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1c2sn30oyE&t=1sResolved the disputed 1876 presidential election.

Rutherford B. Hayes became president in exchange for withdrawal of federal troops from the South.

Marked the official end of Reconstruction.