Chapter 17 Timeline By morganhenson23 Dec 24, 1865 President Lincoln attended a play and was killed Dec 24, 1865 The Civil War ended!!! Dec 24, 1865 Congress proposed the Thirteenth Amendment Dec 24, 1865 Congress established the Freedmen's Bureau Dec 24, 1865 All southern states except Texas had created new governments Dec 24, 1866 Congress continued to debate the rules forrestoring the union Dec 24, 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 Dec 24, 1866 Ku Klux Klan was created Dec 24, 1867 Reconstruction Acts were passed Dec 24, 1868 Johnson did not run for another term Dec 24, 1870 Revels for US Senate Dec 24, 1870 Reconstruction, the process of readmitting the former Confederate States to the Union was occurring Dec 24, 1872 Grant was re- elected Dec 24, 1877 Compromise of 1877 Dec 24, 1880 Jim Crow Laws became popular