Reconstruction

  • Freedman's Bureau

  • Lincoln assassinated

  • President Andrew Johnson announces his plan for Reconstruction

  • Ex-Confederate states adapt "Bloack Codes"

  • President Johnson declares the Union is restored

  • States ratify 13th Amendment

  • Congress extends the power of the Freedman's Bureau

  • Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866

  • Congress submits the 14th Admendment for ratification

  • Congress divides the South into Military Districts to Martial Law

  • Impeachment of President Johnson

  • Ulysses S. Grant electrion President

  • Congress proposes 15th Amendent

  • Congress submits The Force Act

  • Disputed Presidentia; Electron ends Reconstruction