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Before the end of the civil war, a agency was created on March 3rd of 1865.The Freedmen's Bureau helped protect slaves. It gave slaves their protection, rights, and an education. -
President Lincoln attended a play with his wife. A man by the name of John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the back of the head. -
The 13th amendment is about how slavery was banned in the U.S. -
African American's now had the rights of an average white man. They were now equal. -
The goals of the Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the Reconstruction policies and to maintain White Supremacy. -
Congress passed the Military construction acts because they wanted to punish the south. They wanted to divide them up into different military. -
A man by the name of Rutherford B.Hayes took presidency. He removed the federal troops that were in the south. -
Andrew Johnson kept from being removed from office because of one vote to keep him in. He was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. Andrew Johnson was a southern democrat. -
The 14th amendment is the right to citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. -
Many people in his administration were crooks that stole from the government. He tried to advance rights for African Americans by pushing for the 15th amendment. -
Because of the 15th amendment, all racial backgrounds can now vote. African Americans can now vote.