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The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency established on March 3, 1865. Three ways The Freedmen's Bureau helped freedmen by providing them with food, housing, and medical aid. -
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. -
The 13th amendment made slavery illegal in the United States -
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 gave more rights to African Americans such as buying and selling property, make contracts, and sue and give evidence in court. -
The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain "white supremacy". -
Congress passed the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867 because they wanted to punish the South, and prevent the ruling class from continuing in power. -
The House of Representatives impeached President Johnson due to his high crimes and misdemeanors. One vote was what kept President Johnson from being removed. One fact about President Johnson's impeachment was that Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act on March 2, 1867, overriding the President's veto, to limit the President's powers and prevent him from dismissing radical Republicans from office. -
Ulysses S. Grant's presidency was marked with scandals because many people in his administration were crooks that stole from the government. Grant tried to advance the rights for African Americans because he pushed for the passage of the 15th Amendment, giving men to vote regardless of race, color, or whether they were former slaves. He also signed a bill that allows people of African decent to become U.S. citizens. -
The 14th amendment grants citizenship to "all people born or naturalized in the United States" which includes former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. -
What was significant about the 15th Amendment was that people found ways to work around the 15th Amendment such as Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, White Primary System, and Intimidation. -
The Reconstruction officially ended under the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. He removed the federal troops from the South and the state governments took over. Also, many of the changes to the equal rights were immediately reversed