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Emancipation Proclaimation
President Lincoln signed this document to free all slaves. This angered southerners so much that they sent them death threats -
Freedmans Bureau Established
The Freedmans Bureau helped to emancipate blacks. The bureau also helped settle arguments between blacks and whites. -
Lincoln Assassinated
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth snuck behind Lincoln and shot him in the head while he was watching a play. -
13th Ammendment Ratified
Slavery is abolished forever in America -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is an organization against blacks. the KKK would kill blacks to establish their power and they would wear masks to scare their targets. -
Reconstruction Acts
The reconstruction acts were passed throughout the year of 1867 and they divided the former Confederacy to be divided into 5 districts. in each of these five districts Blacks could vote -
President Johnson's Impeachment Trial
The trial of president Johnson went may-march. Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act as he was trying to reconstruct the Country. Johnson was one vote short of being removed from office. -
First Black Senator Elected
Hiram Revels was elected into the U.S. Senate and became the first black senator. -
Freedmans Bureau abolished
Freedmans Bureau is abolished and black men have almost all rights as white men -
Civil rights act of 1875
This act Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public accomodations and jury service. Ruled unconstitutional in 1883 -
End of Reconstruction
