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The freedman's bureau was an organization that helped black men and women live better lives. Some of the things they did were provide food, shelter, and gave them education. -
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, and as a result, Andrew Johnson became the new president. -
The 13th Amendment was passed, and this meant that slavery was now illegal. -
The Civil Rights act was a law that gave everyone in the U.S, no matter their race, religion, color, ect, equal rights to a white male american. -
The Ku Klux Klan was a secret organization that had the goal of maintaining "white supremacy" by mistreating african americans. -
The military reconstruction act was a rule that allowed african americans to vote and divided the South into 5 districts. The congress passed this because they didn't want the South to have so much power in office. -
Andrew Johnson was to be impeached because he violated the Tenure of Office Act, but was saved by the fact that he was one vote away from being impeached. It was also believed that Andrew Johnson was too lenient with the South. -
Ulysses S Grant's admnistration was full of crooks, which led to him being marked with scandals. Grant tried to advane rights for African Americans by pushing the 15th amdment. -
The 14th amendment officially gave everyone who was wronged during the civil war legal rights. -
The 15th amendment was significant because it outlawed any restrictions against african americans. -
The time of reconstruction finally ended when the compromise of 1877 was passed.