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President Lincoln had announced that the country will undergo a reconstruction of society.
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Proposed that Congress is respnsible for Reconstruction. This excludes the President.
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Offered assistance to freed slaves and war refugees.
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The black codes severly restricted the African-Americans during this time.
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Congress Overide's the President's veto with a two-thirds vote.
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States that the President can't remove cabinet officers during the term of president that they appointed.
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Congress approves the 15th Ammendment and is then adopted in 1870.
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The Ku Klux Klan attacks a Union jail and lynhed 8 black prisoners.
