Reconstruction 1865-1877

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  • 15th Amendment.
    1870 BCE

    15th Amendment.

    The 15th Amendment guaranteed African-American men the right to vote.
  • 14th Amendment.
    1868 BCE

    14th Amendment.

    It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
  • Military Reconstruction Acts.
    1867 BCE

    Military Reconstruction Acts.

    They wanted to punish the South, and to prevent the ruling class from continuing in power.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1866.
    1866 BCE

    Civil Rights Act of 1866.

    The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude."
  • Ku Klux Klan.
    1866 BCE

    Ku Klux Klan.

    The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is an American white supremacist terrorist hate group founded in 1865.
  • The Freedmen’s Bureau
    1865 BCE

    The Freedmen’s Bureau

    The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance.
  • President Lincoln is Assassinated.
    1865 BCE

    President Lincoln is Assassinated.

    Andrew Johnson became the 17th President. John Wilkes Booth assassinated him.
  • The 13th Amendment is Passed.
    1865 BCE

    The 13th Amendment is Passed.

    the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial.

    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial.

    he had violated the Tenure of Office Act.
  • Election of Ulysses S. Grant.

    Election of Ulysses S. Grant.

    The unprecedented way that Grant ran his cabinet, in a military-style rather than civilian
  • Reconstruction Ends.

    Reconstruction Ends.

    The Compromise of 1877