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Reconstruction Wrongs

By ericka.armstead
  • Freedman's Bureau

    Freedman's Bureau

    The bureau was designed to protect the interests of former slaves.
  • Lincoln Inaugurated for his Second Term

    Lincoln Inaugurated for his Second Term

    Andrew Johnson is vice president.
  • Robert E. Lee Surrenders to Grant

    Robert E. Lee Surrenders to Grant

    Appotomax Courthouse (Virginia)
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    1865- 1877 Reconstruction Wrongs

  • Lincoln is Assassinated

    Lincoln is Assassinated

  • Juneteenth

    Juneteenth

    Nearly two months after the was has ended, union general George Granger rode into Galveston, Texas to inform the inhabitants that the war was over.
  • Mississippi passes the first Post-Civil War Black Code

    Mississippi passes the first Post-Civil War Black Code

    This black code had to do with orphan blacks and servitude. See link: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Black+Codes
  • Thirteenth Amendment goes into Effect

    Thirteenth Amendment goes into Effect

  • KKK is Established

    KKK is Established

    A group of ex-confederate soldiers meet in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • New Orleans Race Riot

    New Orleans Race Riot

    Black and Republicans lash out in Louisiana because black codes are passed and blacks are denied the right to vote.
  • Reconstruction Act is Enacted

    Reconstruction Act is Enacted

    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860648.html
  • Republican Gov. Robert Scott (1826-1900) is Re-elected

    Republican Gov. Robert Scott (1826-1900) is Re-elected

    In South Carolina, Republican Robert Scott was re-elected by blacks. The KKK was set off.
  • Fourteenth Ammendment Ratified

    Fourteenth Ammendment Ratified

    http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html
  • Ku Klux Klan Act

    Ku Klux Klan Act

    http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3437702563&mode=view
  • Grant Orders KKK to Disperse and Disarm in Five Days

    Grant Orders KKK to Disperse and Disarm in Five Days

  • Habeus Corpus Suspended by Grant in South Carolina

    Habeus Corpus Suspended by Grant in South Carolina

    Habeus Corpus was suspended in response to KKK lash outs.
  • Colfax Massacre

    Colfax Massacre

    The deadliest engagement between KKK and African Americans. Colfax, Louisiana