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13th Admendment
On Aprilm 8th 1864 the 13th admendment abolished slavery in the United states -
abraham lincoln assassination
Linclon was assassinated at fords theater by John Wilkes Booth -
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan is the name of distinct past and present organization in the United states which have advocated extresmist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically expressed through terrorism. -
The 14th Admendment
Granted citizenship and equal protection of the laws to all persons born in the United States except Native Americans. -
Grandfather Clause
Allowed whites to get around poll taxes and literacy tests by allowing the son or grandson of a man eligible to vote in 1866 or 1867 to vote himself. This excluded blacks -
Cash crops
Its a crop that sold really good. ex. cotton -
Election of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was voted in my the Republican Party.Obviously that meant that Ulysses S. Grant was Republican. That is when the Republican party voted in Ulysses S. grant. -
The Fifteenth Admendment
The Fifteenth Admendment to the Us consitution was ratified on Febuary 3, 1870 during Reconstruction. Along with the 13th and 14th admendment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Outlawed racial segregation in public services Ensured the right of African Americans to serve as jurors. -
Compromiuse of 1877
Congress dicideed that hayes won. The goverment would give more aid to sthe south. Rebulicans decided to remove all the troops from the south. -
Literacy Test
The Literacy tests were a test that African Americans had to take. They had to take these tests to see if they knew our country. If they didn't pass they could not vote. -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws separated blacks from whites. That meant that they could not go anywhere together -
Education in the South
This createdf pubnlic schools for both colored and white. These could also have been private schools also. These grew into colleges.
