July 21, 1868, and title the event, “Election of Ulysses S. Grant.”
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he Freedman's Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid to Freedmen. It also established schools and offered legal assistance to those in need. -
Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the United States to be assassinated. After his death Andrew Johnson had become president of unite states. -
The Thirteenth was presented to the state for ratification on February 15, 1865, on December 6, 1865 the state of Georgia become the 27th state to ratify the amendment . -
The goal of the original Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain white supremacy. -
They wanted to punish the South, and to prevent the ruling class from continuing in power. -
Ulysses S. Grant is most known for being the lead general of the Union troops during the American Civil War. His fame as a war hero propelled him into the White House where his presidency was marred by scandals. -
He was accused of "high crimes and misdemeanors.The reason that Andrew Johnson was impeached was for his removed he had violated the Tenure office Act. -
The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. -
The Fifteenth Amendment protects the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race or the color of their skin. -
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.