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Created by congress, Freedemen's Bureau was passed in order to assist emancipated former slaves.Transition of 4,000,000 newly freed African Americans from slavery to their freedom. This provided them with housing, food, medical services, clothing, and land. -
President Lincoln was assassinated in the theater, Ford's Theater. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham due to the belief that the Confederacy could be restored. When Abraham Lincoln died Andrew Johnson took over as president. He was on the democratic party and was in charge of the reconstruction of America after the civil war. -
The 13th Amendment was passed on December 6, 1865 under congress. The amendment was created to abolish slavery and grant former slaves their freedom. -
The Civil Rights Act was passed on April 9, 1866 under congress that was made to affirm that all U.S. citizens were equally protected under the law -
The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) was organized in Tennessee on December 24, 1865. Once the civil war was over the hate group was organized due to petty southerns angry about the win the North took. This group promoted white supremacy and racist beliefs that oppressed black people. -
The Military Reconstruction Act was a law passed to readmission to representation of the rebellious states during the civil war. The bill divided the former confederate states into five military districts. -
On a Monday of February 24, 1868, the House Of Representatives decided to impeach Andrew Johnson due to his crimes of misdemeanor. He was off by one vote to be fully impeached. -
The day of July 21st, 1968, Ulysses S. Grant was elected the 18th president of the United States in order to work on congressional reconstruction. He was part of the Republican party. Ulysses S. Grant was also known for being the lead general for the Union during the Civil War. -
The 14th Amendment was established on July 28, 1868. This Amendment granted citizenship to all who were born or naturalized in the United States. These included former slaves that had just been free before the Civil War. -
The 15th Amendment denied restriction of voting. It gave the rights for anyone to vote. -
The reconstruction era ended in 1876. Because of the civil war, a lot of the south of the US was destroyed. The reconstruction was meant for the South to become a pat of the US again.