reconstruction

start of reconstruction

1865

Lincoln was assassinated

impeachment

1868

president Andrew Jhonson is impeached

ratification of the 15th amandment

1869

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

first African American senate

1870

Hiram Revels is the first African American to serve in the U.S. senate

Compromise of 1877

1877

The Compromise of 1877 ends the Reconstruction