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Abraham Lincoln wanted to bring back the South into the Union and not make a big deal about it.\ www.historynet.com/abraham-lincoln
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The Wade-Davis Bill was another Bill made to reinstitute the South into the Union. It was passed by Congress but was vetoed by Lincoln. www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=37
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Abraham ran for president a second time in the election of 1864. His opponent was Democrat George B. McClellan. lincolnandslavery.com/.../105-lincoln-re-elected-president-of-the-us....
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Black Codes were laws instituted in the US after Reconstruction. The laws limited the Civil Right of black people. www.history.com/topics/black-codes
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The Freedmen Bureau helped distressed freed slaves during the Reconstruction era of the United States. www.chesnuttarchive.org/classroom/bureau.html
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On this day, Andrew Johnson announces his plan for reconstruction the South. He did not want to be as harsh on the South as many Radical Republicans wanted. www.history.com/topics/reconstruction
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The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery. www.gilderlehrman.org/.../ratifying-thirteenth-amendment-1866
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6 men created the first American terrorist group. They targeted black families because the KKK did not want equal treatment for the blacks and whites. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kkk-founded
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This act was passed with the intention to protect the civil rights of African Americans following the Civil War. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/ps_1866.html
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tDepite President Andrew Johnson's veto, the Congress overrode and passed the first Reconstruction Act on this day. www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/secession/reconstruction.html
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On this day, this Amendment was passed as part of the Reconstruction Amendments. www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_revised_1.html
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The election of 1868 was held on this day. It was the first election that was held after the Civil War had ended. www.whitehouse.gov › About the White House
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The 15th Amendment prohibits governments from not allowing someone to vote based on their race. It is also the third of the Reconstructon Amendments. www.loc.gov › Researchers
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On this day, the first African American was elected to Senate. Hiram Revels was elected with a vote of 81 to 15. www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0930432.html
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The Ku Klux Klan Act, or the Civil Rights Act, was enacted on this day. It was passed to give people the opportunity to sue the federal court. legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Ku+Klux+Klan+Act
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The Bureau was extremely disliked among the people during Reconstruction, and its popularity declined considerably until finally it was abolished. historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/1548
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The Civil Rights Act was passed in the Senate on this day. The Act was sometimes called the Enforcement Act, or Force Act. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/ps_1875.html
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One of the first sightings of the phrase "Jim Crow" appeared in caricatures drawn by Thomas Rice, a white actor that used these pictures to harass Andrew Johnson and to make satire involving his policies. www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/
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Thanks to the Compromise of 1877, or the Great Betrayal, Hayes gained Presidency in exchange for the removal of troops from the South.
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Rutherford B. Hayes oversaw the end of Reconstruction and led America into the second Industrial Revolution. www.whitehouse.gov › About the White House
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The Civil Rights Act was overturned on this day because after much consideration, it was declared unconstitutional. www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_uncivil.html
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Florida was the first state to require segregation in public places. They required many tests in order to vote, most of which proved impossible for freedmen. Among these were literary tests.
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Plessey v. Ferguson was a case in which a black man violated the Seperate Car Act by sitting where whites were. www.lawnix.com/cases/plessy-ferguson.html
