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Abraham Lincoln was shot
Abe Lincoln wanted slaves to be free and ewual rights for slaves. But when he was shot he didn't have any control over what happened and that is when things started to change. -
Andrew Johnson announces his own plan, the Presidential Reconstruction
It declared that each Confederate state could be remitted to the Union if it would meet several conditions like, each state has to withdraw their secession, swear allegiance to the Union, annual Confederate war debts, and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment. -
Civil Rights Act
Gave African Americans citizenship and forbades states from passing discriminatory laws such as black codes.- restricted African American lives. -
Moderate Republicabs joined with Radicals
Moderate Republicabs joined with Radicals to override the president's vetoes of the Civil Rights and Freemen's Bureau acts. -
Riots begin to form
Johnson, followed by Grant, went on a speaking tour. Which causes outbreak race riots. There was atleast 80 African American deaths. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Abolished governments formed in the former Confederate states; dicided those states into five military districts; set up requirments for readmission to the Union. -
Andrew Jackson's impeachment
Andrew Jackson got impeached because he had misconduct in the office. -
Fifteethn Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment , which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
