Reconstruction 1865-1877

By Giancarlo Murillo
  • "President Lincoln is Assassinated" 1865

    "President Lincoln is Assassinated" 1865

    Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth. And William Petersen's took charged to become a president.
  • The 13 Amendment is Passed

    The 13 Amendment is Passed

    The thirteenth amendment made slavery illegal in United states and part of the constitution on December 6, 1865.
  • "Civil Rights Act of 1866"

    "Civil Rights Act of 1866"

    Civil Rights Act was to protect ex-slaves (freedmen) from legislation in the southern states such as the black codes and the Vagrancy Laws.
  • "Ku Klux Klan"

    "Ku Klux Klan"

    Their goal is to gained political power and the unofficial paramilitary arm of Southern segregationist governments and allowing to commit terrible crimes with impunity.
  • "Military Reconstruction Acts"

    "Military Reconstruction Acts"

    The Reconstruction refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States.
  • "Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trail."

    "Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trail."

    The House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States resolved to impeach Andrew Johnson, President of United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
  • "Election of Ulysses S. Grant."

    "Election of Ulysses S. Grant."

    He started out with Illinois militia and soon moved up the ranks in the army to general. And grant had his victory when he captured Fort Donelson in Tennessee.
  • "14th Amendment"

    "14th Amendment"

    14th Amendment is the United States constitution was ratified. And grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
  • "The 15th Amendment"

    "The 15th Amendment"

    The Constitution in order to free the slaves to the Thirteenth amendment abolished slavery and the Fourteenth gave former slaves the rights of U.S. citizens.
  • "Reconstruction Ends"

    "Reconstruction Ends"

    Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, He removed the federal troops from the south and the state governments took over. Unfortunately, many of the changes to equal rights were immediately reversed.