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Civil War Mind Map

By: Mason Peirano

The Freedmen's Bureau

On March 3, 1865, Congress passed nn Act to establish a Bureau to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners freed African Americans.

The Freedmen's Bureau

The 14th Amendment

Ratified on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States. This included formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws.”

The Reconstruction Acts

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for admission back into the Union. The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.

The Reconstruction Acts

Racial Segregation

Even after the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, racism was a clear problem. This was increasingly obvious after the Black Codes and the Reconstruction Era.

Racial Segregation

The 15th Amendment

The 15th Amendment was ratified on Feb. 3, 1870. The Amendment made it so that African American men could now vote.

The 15th Amendment

The 13th Amendment

The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery. Abraham Lincoln signed the document and it was ratified December 6, 1865.

The 13th Amendment

Ulysses S. Grant

Grant was the 18th President of the USA, coming after Lincoln and Andrew. It also helped that he was a key commanding general in the Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant

The Black Codes

The Black Codes restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.

The Black Codes

Andrew Johnson

After the assasination of President Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th president. He had the unfortunate job of trying to hold the country together after Abe, and he did this through the Reconstruction.

Andrew Johnson

Reconstruction

It was an era in which the United States attempted to "Reconstruct" or keep together the nation after the Civil War.

Reconstruction

Field Order 15

William T. Sherman set aside a large amount of land for freed African Americans in January 1865. He claimed that anybody who need it could get 40 acres and a mule.

Field Order 15

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