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Thirteenth amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction -
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After the civil war
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Assassanation of Linkoln
Linkoln's assassanation was 6 days after the civil war. The crime was commited by John Wilkes Booth. a huge misfortune to america and Linkolns plan for reconstruction. -
Andrew Johnson became presidant
Presidant Johnson was born in the south but supported the union durring the war. He was made presidanr because of Linkoln's death. -
Black Codes.
The black codes were laws that controlledfreed men or women. Blacks had to take a literacy test before they could vote. they also had to pay a tax called the "Poll Tax" -
Ku Klix Klan
People in the south who dispised blacks. they hunted them down and killed them. -
First Reconstruction Act
Called for the recreation of new governments in the 10 southern states that had not ratified the 14th amendment. -
Ulysses S. Grant becomes Presidant
Became the presidant after Andrew Johnson was impeached. -
Andrew Johnson Impeachment
In late February 1868 nine articles of impeachment were brought against Andrew Johnson over political differences between the president and Congress -
14 Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. -
Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas were restored to union.
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15 Amendment
right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
Blanche K. Bruce elected to US senate.
Blanche K. Bruce became a US senator in 1874. he entered politics in 1869. -
Compromise of 1877
The new government gave aid to the south. -
Jim Crow Laws
Requires African Americans and Whites to be seperated at all times. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The US Supreme Court decided that you could still racialy discriminate people in small buisnesses.
