The Freedman's Bureau Act
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April 3, 1865
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The Civil War ended in 1865 - on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant.Slavery ended when the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. The 13th Amendment was passed by both Houses, and approved by President Lincoln in February 1865. It was ratified in December 1865 by 3/4 of the states. (Ratification by 3/4 of the states, is one method, which allows an amendment to be binding on all states.)
The Congress Of Racial Equality or CORE was established at the University of Chicago in 1942.NAACPi think it was the Tuskegee airmen.
After the conclusion of the Civil War, former Confederate states rejoined the Union through a gradual political process established in tandem by the U.S. President and Congress. Fundamentally, each state was required to submit to military-led (though temporary) governing by Northern administration as part of the Reconstruction effort. Additionally, each state was required to ratify through democratic process the three "reconstruction" amendments to the Constitution, the 13th, 14th, and 15th.