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Emancipation proclamation
Frees slaves in all states that rebelled the enlistment of black troops. It also is known for ending the civil war -
Lincoln reelected
Lincoln being reelected showed that for the most part the country wanted to end slavery. It also showed that he was a good president because the country loved him. -
Freedmen's bureau
Provided assistance to emancipated African Americans. It was eventually abolished in 1872. aided distressed freedmen in 1865–1869, during the reconstruction period -
lee surenders
Lee surenders to Grant. Johnson's surrender in North Carolina on April 18 effectively ends the civil was. -
Lincolns Assassination
V.P Andrew Johnson becomes president after Lincoln is shot in the back of the head while at a play by John Boothe -
13 amendment/black codes
Ended up being ratified which ended up abolishing slavery in the United States.Southern states enact laws restricting rights of African Americans. -
Civil rights act
Confers citizenship on African Americans and Guarantees equal rights.It was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. -
Memphis race riot
Whites and police killed 46 blacks and destroyed 90 homes, schools, and four churches in tennessee.Modern estimates place property losses at over $100,000. -
New orleans race riot
The Radical Republicans in Louisiana, who reconvened the Constitutional Convention, were angered by the enactment of the Black Codes in Louisiana and by the legislature's refusal to give black men the vote. Police killed more than 40 black and white republicans and wounded more that 150 others. -
Ku Klux Klan
Secret organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule is founded in Pulaski, Tennessee -
Reconstruction acts
After the end of the confederate civil war, as part of the on-going process of Reconstruction, the United States Congress passed four statutes known as Reconstruction Acts.The requirements of the Acts were necessary for the former Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union. -
President Johnson's impeachment trial
The first impeachment in history of a sitting United States president. Johnson was impeached for his efforts to undermine Congressional policy; he was acquitted by one vote. -
14 amendment ratified
Guarentees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected president
He was the 18th President of the United States following his dominant role in the second half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and effectively ended the war with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox. -
First redeemer government
Tennessee is the first state to replace a biracial Republican state government with an all-white Democratic government, followed by Georgia, North Carolina, and West Virginia in 1870. -
First black senator
He was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate. Because he preceded any African American in the House, he was the first African American in the U.S. Congress as well. He represented Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during Reconstruction. -
15 amendment ratified
Extends the vote to all male citizens regardless of race or previous condition of servitude. -
Forty-second congress
A meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. -
Freedmen's bureau abolished and first black governor
Pinchback, a black politician, was the first black to serve as a state governor, although due to white resistance, his tenure is cut short. -
Democrats control the forty-third congress
For the first time sence the civil war, the democrats control both houses of congress. Robert Smalls, black hero of the civil war, elected to congress as representative of South Carolina. -
Civil Rights act of 1875
The Act guaranteed that everyone, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, was entitled to the same treatment in "public accommodations". -
Dispute Presidential election
Republicans challenged the validity of the voting in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana. -
Wade Hampton inaugurated as governor of South Carolina
Wade Hampton emerged as the Democratic candidate chosen to redeem the state from Republican rule. The election was disputed and a prolonged contest ensued as both parties established separate governments. -
Rutherford B. Hayes inauguarted president
As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution. Hayes was a reformer who began the efforts that led to civil service reform and attempted, unsuccessfully, to reconcile the divisions that had led to the American Civil War fifteen years earlier. -
Reconstruction ends
President Rutherford Hayes withdraws federal troops from the South protecting the Civil Rights of African Americans.
