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Ratified in 6th December.Abolished slavery in United State.
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Freedmen's Bureau is established within the War Department. Its responsibilities and powers expaned by Congress.
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Confederate Government Robert E.Lee surrenders his army to Union Government Ulysses S.Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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He was shot in the back of his head by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson became president after he died.
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President Andrew Johnson announces his plan of Reconstruction.
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Mississippi enacts black codes
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Congress passes the Civil Rights Bill over Johnson's veto
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Congress passes the first series of reconstruction act.
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14th amendment ratified. Entitles all person born or naturalized in the United States to citizenship and equal proection under the laws of the United States.
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He becomes a president even though Democrat Samuel J. Tilden wins the popular vote.