Reconstruction By Josh Misiano Feb 28, 1838 Jim Crow enters American cultural language Dec 15, 1863 Abraham Lincoln Announces Plans for reconstruction Jul 2, 1864 Wade-Davis Bill Receives Pocket Veto Nov 8, 1864 Lincoln Re-Elected President Feb 9, 1865 Black Codes created in Mississippi Mar 3, 1865 Formation of Freedmans Burearu Apr 14, 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln May 9, 1865 President Andrew Johnson Announces Plans for Reconstruction Dec 6, 1865 Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment Dec 24, 1865 Ku Klux Klan created Apr 9, 1866 Cicil Rights Act (1866) Enacted Mar 2, 1867 Reconstruction Acts Enacted Feb 24, 1868 President Andrew Johnson Impeached Jul 28, 1868 Ratification of the fourteenth Amendment Mar 4, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant elected President Feb 3, 1870 Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment Feb 25, 1870 Hiram Revels elected to Senate Apr 20, 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act Enacted Jun 28, 1872 Freedman's Bureau Abolished Mar 1, 1875 Civil Rights Act (1875) passed Nov 7, 1876 Last National Troops Leave South Carolina Mar 3, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes elected President Oct 15, 1883 Civil Rights Act Overturned (1883) Feb 9, 1887 Florida Requires Segregation in Places of Public Accommodation May 18, 1896 Case of Plessey v. Ferguson