The Reconstruction Era

Civil War Ends

Apr 9, 1865

The Reconstruction Era

Period: Apr 9, 1865 to May 7, 1877

Lincoln Assasination

Apr 14, 1865

13th Ammendment

Dec 6, 1865

Fourteenth Ammendment Ratified and Enforced

Jul 9, 1868

grants citizenship to all of those born in teh United States

Civil Rights Act Passed by Congress

Mar 1, 1877

Federal Troops begin to leave the South

Period: May 15, 1877 to May 15, 1879