Timeline of Reconstruction.

  • Creation of the Joint Commitee

    The creation of of the joint committee on reconstruction.
  • Lincoln assasination

    Lincoln is assasinated and Andrew Jackson becomes president.
  • End of Civil War

    Confederacy surrenders (end of civil war an the beginning of reconstruction).
  • The 13th Amendment Was Passed.

    Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery. The 13th amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union and should have easily passed the Congress.
  • The 14th Amendment Was Passed.

    Following the Civil War, Congress submitted to the states this amendment as part of its Reconstruction program to guarantee equal civil and legal rights to black citizens.
  • Formation of the radical republicans

    The beginning of the Formation of the Radical Republicans.
  • The reconstruction bill.

    Reconstruction bill, (south directed into 5 milltary districts.)
  • Impeachment of Andrew Jackson

    The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was the result of political conflict and the rupture of ideologies in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
  • Ulysses Becomes President

    Ulysses s. grant becomes president. War hero but horrible president.
  • The 15th Amendment Was Passed

    To former abolitionists and to the Radical Republicans in Congress who fashioned Reconstruction after the Civil War, the 15th amendment, enacted in 1870, appeared to signify the fulfillment of all promises to African Americans.
  • Passed Enforcement Acts

    The Enforcement Acts (KKK Acts) were enforced to enforce the 14th and 15th ammendments.
  • Civil Rights Act

    The civil rights act was passed.
  • Compromise of 1877

    The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era.
  • 1873-1879

    Country enters into an economic depression.