Reconstruction

By Carellis17

  • 1865

    1865
    Lincoln is assassinated

  • 1868

    1868
    President Andrew Johnson is impeached and almost removed from office

  • 1869

    1869
    Indiana becomes 14th state to ratify the 15th amendment

  • 1870

    1870
    Hirman Revels becomes the first African American to serve in the U.S Senate

  • 1877

    1877
    The compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction