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Freedmen's Bureau is Established (USII.3b)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_freed.html The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to aid former enslaved
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End of the Civil War
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/civilwar/ for review. Reconstruction was the time period that began with the end of the Civil War. -
Lincoln is Killed
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_assassination Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth shortly after the Civil War is over. This had a dramatic affect on how Reconstruction would be carried out. -
13th Amendment adopted (USII.3a)
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_amendment The 13th Amendment bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories. -
1866 Civil Rights Act (USII.3b)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivil1866.htm African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which also authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement. -
14th Amendment Adopted (USII.3a)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAS14.htm The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law. -
15th Amendment Adopted (USII.3a)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/15th-amendment
The 15th Amendment ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Election of 1876 (USII.3b)
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes#The_election_of_1876 The Election of 1876 was unusual since nobody won. So it went to a committee to decide disputed votes in three states. Rutherford Hayes was elected after a compromise was made. -
End of Reconstruction
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_of_the_United_States Reconstruction ended in 1877 as a result of a compromise over the outcome of the election of 1876.
• Federal troops were removed from the South.
• Rights that African Americans had gained were lost through “Jim Crow” laws.
