-
Congress proposed the Thirteenth Amendment
-
President Lincoln was killed
-
Congress established the Freedmen's Bureau
-
Thirteenth Amendment was ratified and took effect
-
Civil War ended
-
Dispute took place between local police and black Union soldiers
-
Republicans proposed the Fourteenth Amendment
-
Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts
-
Grant became president
-
Congress proposed the Fifteenth Amendment
-
Revels became the first African American in the US Senate
-
Fifteenth Amendment went into effect
-
severe economic downturn began
-
Republican Part lost control of the House of Representatives
-
US Supreme Court returned to the issue of segregation