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The Beginning of The Reconstruction Era
Lincolns passes and signs the Emancipation Proclamation to give make slaves into free citizens, lawfully, and although many people disagreed with this law, especially the South, it was still managed to be passed onto Congress. -
The Freedman's Bureau Bill
When Johnson passed this bill, it made it legal and lawful for citizens who were African-American to become full-on legal Americans and have rights protected towards them, with some limitations that still apply to the Southern laws of segregation. -
The Right In The Workforce
White and black men were allowed to have the same jobs and legal status, however, this did not stop white supremacists to ongoingly discriminate against African-Americans, and this was still a huge issue in the South. -
The South's Conflict
When trouble is occurring in the South, the North get late feedback on how things are managed and this type of information being sent late creates more issues to occur in the South, including when the South had been seen for having white supremacists kill black individuals, blatant racism befalling, and black people having their voices silenced in the general public and are only heard when the law in involved. -
The Last Act of Segregation
As one of the few last acts in America, the Republican-led Congress passes a Civil Rights Bill, prohibiting segregation in public facilities, although, the law will only stand until 1883 when the U.S. Supreme Court will strike it down. -
The End of The Reconstruction Era
In this final point in America, Reconstruction ends, however, the country agrees upon making laws for segregation, and the South highly enforces those to remain likewise with their views of African-Americans.
