Reconstruction Acts Timeline

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  • 1st Freedmen’s Bureau Act

    This act provided the freedmen with immediate shelter and medical services.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1866

    This act said that everyone born in the U.S. was declared to be a citizen regardless of their race or ethnicity.

  • 2nd Freedmen’s Bureau Act

    This act removed the expiration date on the previous Freedmen’s Bureau Act, and also expanded the power of military governors to protect freedmen.

  • The Military Reconstruction Act

    This act divided ten former confederate states each into five districts under the control of the Federal military.

  • The 14th Amendment

    This act made citizenship to anyone born in America a right, and counted everyone as one person, regardless of race.

  • The 15th Amendment

    The 15th Amendment granted African Americans the right to vote.

  • Enforcement Act of 1870

    This act protected black Americans against violence from terrorist groups such as the KKK by prohibiting groups of people from gathering.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    This was the last of the major reconstruction acts, and prohibited discrimination in public placed towards black Americans.