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Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill required 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union. -
Freedman's Bureau created
During the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War, popular name for the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, established by Congress to provide practical aid to 4,000,000 newly freed African Americans in their transition from slavery to freedom. -
Lee surrenders to Grant
lee give up the war and surrender to Grant in the 1865 -
Lincoln Assassinated
Assassinated of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln the 16th president. -
13th Amendment
on December 6, 1865 the 13th Amendment abolish slavery in the United State. -
KKK formed
The KKK's are whites people that didn't like the black peoples in the 1865. They would ware a mask and scared the black peoples away, and they would killed people and never go to jail. -
Civil Right Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 14 Stat. 27–30, enacted April 9, 1866, was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment way pass by congress in June 13, 1866 and got ratified in July 9, 1868. The 14th amendment extended liberties and right granted by the Bill of right to former slaves -
Military Reconstruction Act
when the Radical Republicans fully in control of Congress after the mid-term elections of 1866, they quickly passed the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867. And they divided the south into five military districts. -
Tenure of Office Act
The Tenure of Office Act was a United States federal law that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate. -
Johnson impeached
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868, when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach U.S. President Andrew Johnson, adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his "high crimes and misdemeanors". -
Ulysses S. Grant elected
Grant was later elected as the 14th president of the united state in the 1869-1877. -
15th Amendment
passed by congress in February 26, 1869 and ratified in February 3, 1870. the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. -
Credit Mobilier Scandal
The Credit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. -
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election.
