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A federal agency established to protect and help emancipated slaves. -
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.Andrew Johnson becomes president after. -
The amendment made slavery illegal in the US -
It was an act to give all persons rights,obviously including African Americans -
Their goal was to oppose the reconstruction and keep ¨white supremacy¨ -
They passed it too punish the south and make sure they don´t regain power again -
They wanted to impeach him for multiple high crimes and misdemeanors.He was kept in office by one vote.His impeachment trial was set on May 16th 1868 -
grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in US -
People in his administration were crooks.He fought for the right for African Americans to vote -
Protects voting rights of all citizens -
Reconstruction ended under Rutherford B Hayes presidency in 1877.Unfortunately most of the equal changes were reversed
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