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Thirteenth Amendment Passed
This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States. No form of slavery can every be brought back, unless it is a punshiment for crime. -
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Freedmen's Bureau
This helped Aferican American adjust to freedom. It provided food, clothing, and medical services. It also helped Aferican Americans acquire land or find work for fair wages. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was attended a play in Washington, D.C. An actor named John Wilkes Booth came into the privet box and shot Lincoln. This happened just a month after Freedmen's Bureau was set up. -
Andrew Johnson takes over
After Lincoln was killed Johnson took over. He became the 17th president. Andrew Johnson named his plan for Reconstruction, "Restoration." -
Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866
This act granted full citizen ship to Aferican Americans . The law also overturned the black codes. And it contradicted the 1857 'Dred Scott' decision. -
Fourteenth Amendment
This amendment granted full citizenship to everyone who was born in the United States. The amendment also said that no state could take away a citizens life, liberty or property. Also every citizen had equal protection of the laws. -
Fifteenth Amendment Passes
This amendment prohibited the stater and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of their race or color. In 1870 this amendment became a law. Most of the Republican thought that this law would enable Aferican Americans to protect themselves. -
Ulysses S. Grant became president
During the Civil War he was a hero. Ulysses S. Grant was nominated by the Republicans. Although he was on the Republicans' side he didn't have a strong leadership for the Reconstruction. -
First black senator elected
Hiram Revels was elected to U. S. Senate. He was the first black senator. This was a big political change during the Reconstruction time period. -
Ku Klux Klan Act
Congress passed this act because it would work much better at enforcing the laws than the Enforcement Acts. The Enforcement Acts were made in 1870. The Ku Klux Klan Act was the first time that specific crimes commited by someone would have a punishment by federal faw. -
Amnesty Act Passed
This pardoned most former Confederates. This act changes the political balance in the South by letting full rights to people who supported the Democracy Party. Shortly after this act Democrats regained control of state governments. -
The Election of 1876
Most Republican leaders wanted a new candidate. They nominated Rutherford B. Hayes. He was a governer in Ohio. The Democrats nominated Samuel Tilden. Tilden recieved 250,000 more votes than Hayes. -
Compromise of 1877
There was dispute over who won the election. Democrats in Congress threatened to fight the commission's decision. Republican and Southern Democratic leaders met up in secret to work out an agreement. Shortly after Congress announced Hayes the winner. -
The New South
The "New South" would have industries based on the region's abundant coal, iron, tobacco, cotton, and lumber. The industry in the south madenew gains in the 1880s. Textile mills came to be across the South. Southern industry grew as a result of a cheap and reliable workforce. This was an economical change. -
Poll Tax
In the southern states a poll tax was required. This tax was a tax that you had to pay in order to vote. Most southern people could not pay this because they had been slaves, and they had no money. -
Black Segeration
This was when whites and blacks were seperated because of their color. The blacks couldn't use the same bathroom or drinking fountain as the whites. Also the blacks had to sit all the way in the back of the busses. During the Reconstruction this was a social change. -
Cash Crops
The south began to grow cash crops. These crops were worth lots of money. The main cash crop in the south was cotton. Another cash crop was tobacco. During the Reconstruction this was a ecnomical change. -
Reconstruction Result
The Reconstruction wasn't a full sucess. The south was still poor, and agricultural. But, Aferican Americans gained equality to whites.
