Unit 9

Freedmen's Bureau

Mar 3, 1865

The first kind of welfare agency used to provide food, clothing, medical care and education to freedmen.

Black Codes

Nov 1, 1865

Laws passed in the South by Johnson that restricted the rights of freedmen.

Civil Rights Bill

Mar 1, 1866

Gave blacks the privilege of American citizenship and struck at the Black Codes.

Reconstruction Act

Mar 2, 1869

Act that divided the South into 5 military districts. Each of them commanded by a Union general and policed by Union soldiers.

Civil Rights Act of 1875

Jan 17, 1875

Act guaranteeing equal accommodations in public places and prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Jan 17, 1896

Supreme Court case that ruled "separate but equal " facilities were constitutional under the "equal protection" clause of the 14th Amendment.