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After the Civil War
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The 16th President of the United States was assassinated by a well-known stage actor, John Wilkes. He was shot at his booth, while attending the play American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Wilkes motive was the Revenge for the Confederate States. -
The 17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson from North Carolina became the 17th President of the United States after Lincolns death. -
End of Civil War
The Union states (North) win the war against the Confederate states (South). -
The 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31st, 1865, and ratified on early December 6th of 1865. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
Congress passes Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress over the veto (reject) of President Andrew Johnson. The act declared that every individual who was born in the United States were now citizens, regardless of race, color, and previous conditions. -
Radical Republicans pass Military Reconstruction Act
The Radical Republican party was fully in control of Congress after the mid-term elections of 1866. The group quickly passed the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867 to divide the south into five military districts. -
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The result of his impeachment was because of the result of political conflict and the rupture of his ideologies in the aftermath fo the American Civil War. -
The 14th Amendment
The amendment was ratified in 1868. It addresses the aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. It forbids states to restrict the basic rights of citizens. -
The 15th Amendment
The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. Government or any states on account of race, color, or previous conditions. -
Presidential Election of 1876
The presidential election of 1876 was one of the most disputed elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden from New York outpolled Rutherford B. Hayes from Ohio in the popular vote and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes, 165, with 20 votes uncounted. -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the intense disputed U.S. presidential election in 1876. It resulted with the U.S. federal government to pull their last troops out of the South, and formally end the Reconstruction Era.