Reconstruction

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  • Lincoln Assasinated

    Lincoln Assasinated

    Andrew Johnson becomes president.

  • Slavery Abolished

    13th amendment is ratified
  • Black Codes Enacted in Southern States

    Black Codes Enacted in Southern States

    Laws are enacted that restricts the rights of African Americans

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

    Confers citizenship on African Americans and guarantees equal rights.
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    Memphis Race Riot

    White civilians and police kill 46 African Americans and destroy 90 houses in Memphis, TN
  • Ku Klux Klan is founded

    Ku Klux Klan is founded

    A secret organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule is founded in Pulaski, Tennessee.

  • Reconstruction Acts

    Congress divides the former Confederacy into five military districts and requires elections in which African American men can vote.
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    Johnson's Impeachment Trial

    By one vote, the U.S. Senate fails to remove the president from office.
  • Ulysses S. Grant elected President.

    Ulysses S. Grant elected President.

    Former Union general becomes the 18th president.
  • First black senator elected.

    First black senator elected.

    Hiram Revels of Mississippi elected to U. S. Senate as the first black senator.

  • Freedmen's Bureau abolished

    Helped millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress.

    Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public accommodations and jury service. Ruled unconstitutional in 1883.

  • Reconstruction ends.

    President Hayes withdraws federal troops from the South protecting the Civil Rights of African Americans.