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The Freedmen's Bureau is a federal agency for emancipated slaves that would provide food, housing, medical aid. -
After President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, Andrew Johnson will be named President. -
This newly adopted amendment made slavery illegal in the states. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 provided African Americans w
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The Ku Klux Klan's goal was to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain "white supremacy." -
Congress wanted to punish the South and prevent the ruling class from continuing in power. -
The reasoning behind Andrew Johnson's impeachment was for his removal of Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War and member of his cabinet, which violated the Tenure of Office Act. Johnson was able to stay in office because the Senate was one vote short of the 2/3 majority needed. -
Ulysses S. Grant presidency was marked with scandals because many of the people in his administration were crooks who stole from the government. Grant pushed for the passage of the 15th amendment. -
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves. -
The 15th amendment permitted any U.S. citizen to vote regardless race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
President Rutherford B. Hayes led to the end of the Reconstruction.
