They provided food clothes medical services and more to displaced southerners and freed African Americans.

I8 63 is when representative Eliot proposed the bill though it took 2 months for the house to debate, then when it was sent to the senates select then some time after back to the house where the treasury passed and amended it.

John Wilkles Booth was the assassin and dropped the gun.

He was shot through his left ear and left paralyzed with the bullet right behind his right eye. He died at 7:22 am April 15th

Abraham belived that anyone who fought in the war deserved voting rights.

Andrew became the 17th president.

He was born in North Carolina in 1808

He wanted to reconstruct making it easier to create black codes.

It restricted black peoples rights like owning property and land.

The laws were unfair and made it illigal to not have a job and black people werent allowed to testify against white people.

Though slavery was legal if it was punishment for a crime

Congress let confederate states ratify the 13th amendment.

The members tried to intimidate and showed violence towards white and black republican leaders.

Their goal was to make white supremacy more prevalent.

This gave everyone who was a citizen equal rights.

If you violate this cat you can get a fine of up to 1000 dollars and/or jail time .

May 1st to third 46 people who were living there were murdered.

50 - 90 homes were burned down including churches and schools.

The act made each state to write. anew constitution

This also made each state ratify the 14th amendment.

The us took 10 million of texas debt.

Texas citizens became a part of the Us union.

Made sure no state cab deprive life, liberty or property without process of law.

Made sure former slave owners werent conpensated.

He focused on protecting the rights of African American slaves who were freed.

He was a big part of ratifying the 15th Amendment.

This gave the right to let adult black males vote and run for office.

This was made because of the loss of confederacy and abolition of slavery.

Some states allowed black men to vote.

Many white people armed with rifles and other weapons killing between60 and 150 black people.

Troops arrested 97 white men who were apart of the massacre.

People were allowed to us violence , threats and harassment to do this.

This was because supremacist groups and others didn't like the reconstruction era.

This was to settle the argument over the results of the 1876 election.

This ended the reconstruction era.