The Reconstruction Era By Angelo Saulsbury Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Issued Period: 1865 to 1867 Presidential and Radical Reconstruction Mar 3, 1865 The Freedman´s Bureau is established Apr 15, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment ratified Apr 9, 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 Period: May 1, 1866 to May 3, 1866 Memphis Race Riot Jul 30, 1866 New Orleans Race Riot Jul 30, 1866 Ku Klux Klan Jul 21, 1868 Fourteenth Amendment ratified. Mar 30, 1870 Fifteenth Amendment ratified. 1872 Freedmen's Bureau abolished. Mar 1, 1875 Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress. 1877 Reconstruction ends.
