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The Freedman's Bureau helped African Ameriacans get food, clothing, and medical services. it also helped them learn and go to school. That is what the Freedman's Bureau was.
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Abraham Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was assasinated at Ford's Theatre. John Wilkes Booth snuck into Lincoln's Booth at FordTheatre and shot him from behind.
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Andrew Johnson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated. Lincoln had a Reconstruction plan but after he was killed, Johnson had his own plan. That is when Andrew Johnson got inagurated.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted full citizenshipto African Americans and gave the federal government more power. Without this act the African Americans would not be free. That is what the Civil Right Act of 1866 was.
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Black Codes controlled freed men and women. It also said that if slaves escaped then bounty hunters could go and capture them and bring them back. That is what the black codes were.
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it was called for the new government. Reconstruction meant that they were going to "reconstruct" or "rebuild" the South from all the fighting done there. That is what the Reconstruction Act is.
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The Second Reconstruction Act made it so that the military commanders had to register voters. It also said that states could rejoin the Union. That is what the Second Reconstruction Act was.
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Uysses S. Grant was voted in my the Republican Party.Obviously that meant that Ulysses S. Grant was Republican. That is when the Republican party voted in Ulysses S. grant.
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The 14th amendment was that everybody born in the United States was a U.S citizen. No matter what color they were they were still a citizen. That is what the 14th amendment is.
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The 15th Amendment made it so that all African American men could vote freely. Before this amendment that could not happen. That is what the 15th Amendment is about.
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This made itso that nearly all of the white Southerners could vote. Also they could hold office again. That is what the Amnesty Act was.
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The Literacy tests were a test that African Americans had to take. They had to take these tests to see if they knew our country. If they didn't pass they could not vote.
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This was a case that was trying to provide African Americans with equal rights. Most people thought that everybody was equal. But some people didn't think that.
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Jim Crow Laws separated blacks from whites. That meant that they could not go to the same school together. They couldn't go anywhere together. That is what the Jim Crow Laws were.
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The Ku Klux Klan was a group that killed and tortured people if they supported blacks rights. The Ku Klux Klan wore hoods over their head so people wouldn't know who they were. That is who the Ku Klux Klan is.
