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Provide food, clothing, fuel, jobs, medical services etc. Provided relief to blacks & whites
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After the Civil War slavery existed in only the border states. The nation reunited and the south needed rebuilding
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Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in a movie theater. Andrew Johnson takes over office after assassination
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This Amendment made slavery illegal throughout the U.S. 3.5 million people were set free. 13h didn't give citizenship or right to vote.
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This act was passed by congress after Andrew Johnson tried to veto it. It declared all born in U.S are citizens without restrictions.
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This event occurred from may 1 to may 3. 46 blacks and 2 whites died during this riot which is the worst in U.S History.
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Democrats were angered by black code enactment which cause the riot. They attacked Republicans or black people parading outside the Mechanics Institute.
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Brought southern states back to into the Union following civil war. bill was written by republicans
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Military commanders had responsibility to register voters and hold elections. Blacks had to reclaim their civil and political rights as Americans
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Gave supreme power to the five Union Generals. There were 5 districts and each general had several former confederate states.
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Restricted political participation of former confederate leaders . This act meant they can't vote or threaten anyone not to vote.
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The compromise of 1877 was the end of reconstruction era. Hayes withdrew the last fed troops from the south and the Republican governments collapsed. Black rights in the south collapsed also under white rule.
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Gave citizenship to U.S born people. the Dred Scott case was overturned also. Gave equal protection under law.
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Ulysses S. Grant defeated Horatio Seymour of the Democratic Party. First presidential election after the Civil War.
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Reconstruction Act only gave blacks in the south the right to vote. Ratified in 1870 no citizen can be denied the right to vote because of their race , color etc.
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Hiram Revels is the first black senator from Mississippi. Blanche K. Bruce is the first black senator to serve a full six-year term.
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Douglas Wilder is the first black governor. He was born in Richmond , Virginia.
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Known as the Enforcement Act. Gave blacks equal treatment in public transportation and public accommodations.
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Compromise ended the reconstruction era. Southern Democrats promise to protect civil and political rights.
