Slaves in cotton field

American History

  • Black codes

    Black codes

    Codes the south made to keep slaves from becomeing free.
  • CIvil rights act of 1866

    CIvil rights act of 1866

    It was created to tell people that evreyone was equal no matter the race. It was vetoed twice by Andrew Johnson. But passed because of a two-thirds majority.
  • Reconstruction Act 1

    Reconstruction Act 1

    The first one stated that the states except for tenesse had to make a new constitution and to have a new person to represent the state. The second one is like the first one.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Allowed all afrian americans who were former slaves and were born.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Gave African American men the right to vote.