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Founded to aid slaves in the south that were freed by providing food clothing and housing to them.
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Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford theater, by the famous actor of the times, John Wilkes Boothe, he fled the scene
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Abraham Lincoln is announced dead the day after he is shot, he never regained consciousness.
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Andrew Johnson becomes president upon news of the death of abraham lincoln
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Laws restricting the rights of freed slaves are passed. Limiting their freedoms greatly.
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The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the United States. It was adopted and put into practice on December 18th 1865. It is considered the first of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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Declared that all people born in the united states are entitled to citizenship despite their race, color, or ethnicity.
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A secret organization against black rights is founded in Tenneees
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Congress Divides the Confederate states up into five military districts.
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Andrew Johnson the seventeenth president was the first impeached president in the United States. He was accused of blatantly going against the will of congress. ANd not consulting them.
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Equal protection under law to african american men.
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Extends the right to vote to all Male Citizens.
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A downfall that lead to economic depressions in Europe and the United States.
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President Hayes pulls federal troops out of the south.
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