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The Reconstruction Era

By jhaynie

  • Freedmen's Bureau

    Freedmen's Bureau
    Congress established this to provide assistance to emancipated slaves.

  • The Civil War ends

    The Civil War ends

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.

  • Radical Republicans

    Radical Republicans
    Benjamin Butler is elected to Congress as a member of the Radical republican party.

  • Reconstruction

    Reconstruction
    President Andrew Johnson presents plans to begin Reconstruction.

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    This amendment abolished slavery.

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    This amendment gave African Americans the right to citizenship.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    This amendment gave all male citizens (including African Americans) the right to vote.