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The Freedmen’s Bureau.
The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency established on March 3, 1865, just before the end of the Civil War, during the Reconstruction Era. One way the Bureau helped was by the support of education for freedmen. Another way they helped was by helping missionaries and charities who provided help with relief work providing food, education support, and medical aid. Lastly, they performed relief work for both black and white poor people in war-stricken areas in the South. -
President Lincoln is Assassinated
Lincoln's killer was John Wilkes Booth, he entered President Lincoln's box and shot him in the back of the head. With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States. -
The 13th Amendment is Passed
The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal in America. It was adopted as part of the Constitution on December 6, 1865. The amendment still allows for slavery as a punishment for a crime. So overall the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
It helped African Americans by giving them the right to full and equal benefit of all laws, the right to make contracts, the right to sue, the right to give evidence in court, the right to purchase and sell property, the right to lease, inherit and pass on an inheritance. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was to protect ex-slaves from legislation in the Southern States as well. -
Ku Klux Klan
The goal of the original Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain "white supremacy". It reached a peak of 4 - 5 million members. -
Military Reconstruction Acts
The congrees passed this act so it can divide the South into five military districts governed by previous Union generals. And also it was a way to be eligible for readmittance to the Union. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial.
The House of Representatives impeached President Johnson because he removed Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War and member of his cabinet; this violated the law called the Tenure of Office Act. Only one vote less than the two-thirds necessary to remove him kept Johnson in office. The Tenure of Office Act that he violated forbids the President to remove any federal office-holder appointed by the Senate without the further approval of the Senate. -
Election of Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant's presidency was heavily marked with scandals the main one being many of the people in his administration were crooks who stole from the government. Another reason was the way he ran his cabinet in a military-style rather than a civilian one. Grant always pushed for the passing of the 15th amendment which granted the right of all men to vote regardless of race, color, or whether they were former slaves or not. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. The 14th amendment has been referenced as the Reconstruction Amendment considering it prohibited any state from depriving any person of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". -
15th Amendment.
The 15th amendment was the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This amendment was significant since it gave African American men the right to vote. -
Reconstruction Ends
The Compromise of 1876 was where Rutherford B. Hayes would be given presidentship over Samuel J. Tilden under one condition. That condition was to remove the federal troops from the South, which he did. This removal resulted in the southern state governments regaining control and reversing all the civil rights laws passed. This marked the end of the reconstruction.