Eventos
Civil War Ends/ Reconstruction Begins13th Amendment
Abolished slavery everywhere in the U.S.Black Codes
Laws that discriminated against African American and limited the white people in the South’s right to vote.Ku Klux Klan
used violence and intimidation to keep blacks and other Republicans from voting in the SouthFreedman’s Bureau
Gave food and clothing to the freed slaves
Set up hospitals, schools, and jobs for the freed blacksCivil Rights Act of 1866
Declared Southern States couldn’t enact black codes that limited social/economic rights of african americansRadical Republicans gain control of Congress14th Amendment
-Gave afican americans full citienship under the constitution
-All citiens couldn’t be deprived of life, liberty, and property
-Called for eual protection under the lawCivil Rights Act of 187015th Amendment
Gave african americans the right to vote and barred states from depriving them of this rightCivil Rights Act of 1875Jim Crow Laws
-Got rid of public schools
-Passed poll taxes
-Literacy tests
-Grandfather clauses1877:
Reconstruction Ends
President Hayes is elected
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