U.S Reconstrution Era

By Crystal Mg
  • Lincoln proposed Reconstrustion Plan

    Lincoln proposed Reconstrustion Plan

    Lincoln proposed 10 % of the plan
  • Lincoln's Death

    Lincoln's Death

    Lincoln was assasinated.
  • Andrew Johnson became U.S president

    Andrew Johnson became U.S president

    Johnson became U.S president after Lincoln's death

  • Johnson Issues his Reconstruction Proclamation

    A Joint Committee on Reconstruction first met in January 1866.
  • Freedmen's Bureau is Established

    Freedmen's Bureau is Established

    The Freedmen's Bureau is established by Congress to help the newly free Americans survive as free people. Led by Union Army General Oliver O. Howard,was designed to provide food, clothing, medical care and education.

  • Thirteenth Amendment Ratified

    Lincoln proposed the thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which officially abolished slavery after the war . It was the first of the Reconstruction Amendments.

  • Reconstruction Act passed

    The congress passed this act which divided the south into 5 military stated districts would each lead by general or soldier in order to reeastblish the Union by using military force.

  • 14th Amendment Ratified

    14th Amendment awarded citizenship to African Americans providing them the exact same rights as Americans.

  • Freedmen's Bureau Abolished