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Abraham Lincoln began planning the Reconstruction Act in 1863 but only put it into action during 1865. The first thing he did was passing the Freedmen's Bureau.
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Abraham Lincoln was Assasinated. Lincoln did not see the Southerners as enemies. However, the vice president Andrew Johnson (became the president after Lincoln died) favored the southerners since he was once a southerner himself.
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The 13th Amendment was passed. It stated that all blacks were free in the United States. However, the Black Codes was created to limit the black's rights.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 stated that all blacks in the United States had an equal amount of rights as whites.
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The Ku Klux Klan was created to intimidate blacks into restoring white power.
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The Reconstruction Acts stated that blacks were able to vote.
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President Johnson was impeached for violation against the acts of Congress.
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Ulysses Grant was elected president and Andrew Jackson was no longer involved with the Reconstruction Era.
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States that males could vote regardless of race.
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For the first time five blacks were elected in the House of Representatives.
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It gave equal rights to blacks in public accomodations and jury service.
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Rutherford Hayes was elected president.
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It removed troops from many of the United States' states that were protecting the Civil Rights Act.
