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RECONSTRUCTION. RECONSTRUCTION PLANS LINCOLN’S 10% PLAN MUST ABOLISH SLAVERY AMNESTY OFFER CONGRESS MAJORITY NO RIGHT TO VOTE OR ELECTED OFFICE TO ANY.

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1 RECONSTRUCTION

2 RECONSTRUCTION PLANS LINCOLN’S 10% PLAN MUST ABOLISH SLAVERY AMNESTY OFFER CONGRESS MAJORITY NO RIGHT TO VOTE OR ELECTED OFFICE TO ANY CONFEDERATE VETERAN

3 FREEDMEN’S BUREAU SET UP - HELP FORMER SLAVES FOOD, CLOTHING AND JOBS SCHOOLS (EVEN FOR ADULTS) MEDICAL HELP POOR WHITES COULD BE HELPED AS WELL IN F.B.

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6 LINCOLN IS ASSASSINATED April 14, 1865 Ford’s theatre Shot by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth V.P. Andrew Johnson becomes President

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12 Lincoln Assassination

13 VIOLENCE IN MEMPHIS

14 CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS 13 TH – FREE THE SLAVES 14 TH - CITIZENSHIP; EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW 15 TH – AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE

15 REACTION TO AMENDMENT 13 BLACK CODES LAWS RESTRICTING THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AFRICAN AMERICANS NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE, SERVE ON JURIES, OWN GUNS, HOLD CERTAIN JOBS, STAY OUT LATE

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17 REACTION-AMENDMENT14 JIM CROW LAWS LAWS SEPARATING WHITES FROM AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PUBLIC PLACES

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22 REACTION-AMENDMENT 15 POLL TAX – MUST PAY TO VOTE LITERACY TEST – TEST PROVING THAT YOU COULD READ AND WRITE IN ORDER TO VOTE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE – EXCUSES YOU FROM LITERACY TEST IF YOUR GRANFATHER VOTED BEFORE 1867

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24 POLL TAX DELINQUENT LIST

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26 SHARECROPPING MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS HAD TO RESORT TO THIS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. THEY WOULD FARM SOMEONE ELSE’S PROPERTY TO KEEP A “SHARE” NOT MUCH BETTER THAN SLAVERY

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