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Civil War Reconstruction

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  • Black Codes

    Black Codes

    Southern states make laws restricting African Americans rights
  • Freedman's Bureau

    Freedman's Bureau

    help emancipated slaves
  • 13th Amendment Ratified

    13th Amendment Ratified

    Abolishes slavery
  • Ku Klux Klan

    Ku Klux Klan

    Secret organization to intimidate African Americans, with the goal to restore white supremacy is formed.
  • Civil rights Act of 1866

    Civil rights Act of 1866

    African Americans gain citizenship and equal rights
  • Reconstruction Act

    Reconstruction Act

    Divides confederacy into military districts, lets African American men vote
  • Republican convention in New Orleans

    Republican convention in New Orleans

    Party platform includes equality for African-Americans.
  • Former slave elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana

    Former slave elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana

    Oscar J. Dunn
  • 14th Amendment Ratified

    14th Amendment Ratified

    Equal protection under the law to African Americans and guarantees due processes
  • First African American Senator

    First African American Senator

    Hiram Revels from Mississippi
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    All men can vote
  • Forty Second Congress

    Forty Second Congress

    5 African Americans in congress
  • Democrats control the 43rd Congress

    Democrats control the 43rd Congress

    First time since Civil War
  • Blanche Kelso elected as Senator of Mississippi

    Blanche Kelso elected as Senator of Mississippi

    He is the first African-American Senator to serve a complete six year term
  • Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress

    Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress

    Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public