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The Freedmen's Bureau
What is the Freedmen's Bureau? The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency and it was established to help, protect emancipated slaves, and also offered help to poor whites in the South. -
President Lincoln is assassinated
Who assassinated Abraham and who became president after the assassination? Abraham was shot by John Wilkes Booth; after his assassination Andrew Johnson was the next 17th president of the United states 1865 - 1869. -
The 13th Amendment is Passed
What is the 13th Amendment? The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal in the U.S. It was the fight to end slavery in the U.S. and took years and ended with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do for African American? It was to protect ex - slaves known as Freedmen, from legislation in the Southern states such as the black codes and the Vagrancy laws. -
Ku Klux Klan
What were goals of the Klu Klux Klan? The goal of the original Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain "white supremacy". -
Military Reconstruction Acts
Why did congress pass the military reconstruction act? Waged by radical northerners who wanted to punish the South and Southerners who desperately wanted to preserve their way of life. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment trail
Why did the House of Representatives impeach President Johnson? What kept Johnson from being removed from office? They impeach Johnson because for his removal of Edwin Stanton. He got removed from office by violated the Tenure of Office Act. The tenure of office was also passed to stop the president interfering with the Congressional plans for Reconstruction. -
Election of Ulysses S. Grant
What caused Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency to be marked with scandals? How did Grant try to advance rights for African Americans? He served two terms as president and even ran a third, which he didn't win. Grant signed the landmark civil rights act. -
14th amendment
What is it? The amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the united states which included former slaves who had just been freed from the civil war. -
15th amendment
What was the significance of the Fifteenth Amendment? It protects the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race or the color of their skin and also protected the voting rights of former slaves. -
Reconstruction Ends
What finally led to the end of Reconstruction? The southern United States were destroyed during the civil war. Farms and plantations were burned down.