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The Freedmans bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was established to help and protect emancipated slaves during their transition from a life of slavery to a life of freedom -
President Lincoln is assassinated
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkesbooth while watching a play with his wife. -
The 13th Amendment is passed
The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal in the United States and was adopted as part of the Constitution -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 detailed the rights of all U.S. citizens, including the right to buy and sell property, engage in business, make contracts, sue and give evidence in court. -
Ku Klux Klan
the Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain white supremacy , and originated this Secret Society in the South. -
Military Reconstruction Acts
The acts created five military districts in the seceded states ,and required former Confederate states to submit new constitutions to Congress for approval, so that there could be an extend to voting rights to all men. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial
Johnson became the first American president to be impeached because he had violated the Tenure of Office Act, passed by Congress in March 1867 over Johnson's veto. -
Election of Ulysses S. Grant
In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery. -
14th Amendment
This amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War. -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Reconstruction Ends.
The Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877.Much of the Southern United States was destroyed during the Civil war, and the purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become a part of the Union again. Under Lincoln's plan, any state that was readmitted must make slavery illegal as part of their constitution.