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The Freedman's Bureau was to provide relief to Southerners for both black and white. First organization to provide food,clothing,fuel,medical services, job and family location.
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In spring, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S.Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The North wins.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 by John Wilkes. Due to him ending slavery in every state triggered his assassination.
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Jan 1865 Congress proposed the 13th amendment and took effect Dec. 18,1865. 3.5 million were free'd but still had no rights.
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Gave African Americans the same rights as whites. Even though Johnson vetoed, the congress still passed.
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Memphis race riots was where white men began to kill off or assaulted every black person they came across. This destruction lasted 3 days in order for soldiers to gain control again.
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White violence directed towards black people in Louisiana. At least 35 were killed and 100 were wounded
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Also known as "An Act to Provide More Efficient Government of Rebel states" passed by the 39th Congress. Johnson vetoed this bill but the Congress overrode that veto.
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Rebels states were divided up into military. The government was in charge of the people and how voting went about in those rebels states.
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Gave supreme power to the five Union generals overseeing Reconstruction in the five districts. Each involved several former states of confederacy.
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Southern states would be readmitted to the Union following th Civil War. Rebel states had to craft new constitutions which helped ratify the 14th amendment.
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After slavery, white people would not accept blacks as one.This amendment granted equal and civil rights to African Americans.
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This was the first election during the reconstruction era. Republican nominee Ulysses S. Grant defeated Horation Seymour of the Democratic Party.
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Hiram Revels was the first black Republican senator representing the state of Mississippi. He served only one year but made a way for other African Americans.
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Men struggled to vote and get their vote to count. This amendment gave men the right to vote but still no women could vote.
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P.B.S Pinchback was the first black govenor representing Louisiana. He was the 24th governor.
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Also known as the Enforcement Act, guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public spaces and service in juries. Enacted during the reconstruction era.
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Hayes becomes president as long as federal troops are removed from the South. This was a way for whites to continue the confederacy in the South.
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Congress lost interests in Reconstruction. Republicans retired and focus shifted to economics.
