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In 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This document freed all the slaves and changed the federal legal status of 3.5 million enslaved people.
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This is also known as the Ten Percent Plan. It offers pardon and restoration of property. This was a united states presidential proclamation.
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Ups the allegiance requirement from 10% to a majority of state voters. It was a proposed bill for the reconstruction of the South.
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Provided assistance to emancipated African Americans. Was established by Congress to help former slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
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On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Was Fought between the North and the South from 1861 - 1865.
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was killed by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater. After Lincoln was assassinated his Vice President Andrew Johnson took over.
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Due to the Unions measures such as the Confiscation Act and the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the war effectively ended slavery. Some slaves, especially elderly ones, were apprehensive about freedom.
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Ratifying the thirteenth amendment ended slavery in the United States. Passed by Congress on January 31, and ratified on December 6, 1865.
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Black Codes were enacted by Southern states in 1865 - 1866 after the Civil War. With enacting Black Codes, it restricted their freedom and made them work in a labor economy based low wages or debt.
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The Civil Rights Act was the United States first federal law to define Citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
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White civilians and police killed 46 African Americans and destroyed 90 houses, schools, and four churches in Memphis
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Tennessee is the first former Confederate state to join the rejoin the Union.
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An organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule
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This laid out the process for readmitting Southern states into the Union. Provided slaves with national citizenship, and granted African American men the right to vote.
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Andrew Johnson was the first president to get Impeached. He was impeached due to his High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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Guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans
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Ulysses S. Grant is elected as President. He becomes the 18th president of the United States.
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Virginia rejoins the Union
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Hiram Revels is elected to the U.S. Senate as the first black senator.
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Extends the vote to all male citizens regardless of race or previous condition of servitude
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Freedman's Bureau was abolished in 1872. It was established by Congress and helped former slaves and poor whites after the Civil War.
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Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public accommodations and jury service. This was to give African Americans equal treatment.
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A supposed deal that settled the 1876 presidential election and the Reconstruction
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Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated as President.
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President Rutherford Hayes withdraws federal troops from the South protecting the civil rights of African Americans