Congressional Reconstruction
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Emancipation Proclamation 1863
freed all slaves in rebel held territory
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Thirteenth Amendment Act 1865
abolished slavery in the US
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Freedman’s Bureau 1865
provided education for black children and adults, closed in 1872
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Black Codes 1865/66
outlawed interracial unions
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Formation of the KKK 1865
used terror tactics to enforce segregation and oppose newly enfranchised votes
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Fourteenth Amendment Act 1868
gave all freed black slaves citizenship and equal protection under the law
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Fifteenth Amendment Act 1870
forbade the denial of the vote to be based on race or previous condition of servitude
over 70,000 blacks enrolled to vote
22 AAs were elected to Congress (e.g. Blanche K Bruce)
over 70,000 blacks enrolled to vote
22 AAs were elected to Congress (e.g. Blanche K Bruce)
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Civil Rights Act 1875
equal rights to be achieved in public places too
was not enforced and later declared unconstitutional by SC in 1883
was not enforced and later declared unconstitutional by SC in 1883
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Employment in industry
threatened white employment and there was hostility
very few moved north
housing was primitive
very few moved north
housing was primitive
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Compromise of 1877
meant southern states regained political control
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Military Districts Act 1867
divided former confederate states into 5 military districts
to readmit former rebel states to representation
to readmit former rebel states to representation