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March 3, 1865- Freedmen's Bureau is created

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March 3, 1865- Freedmen's Bureau is created

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- Provided former slaves shelter and medical services
- help negotiate labor contracts with the landowners
- Initially authorized for only one year, but remained in operation until 1868

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April 15, 1865- Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

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April 15, 1865- Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

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- six days later after his speech, he was assassinated
- his vice president became the president
- assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

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- Was vice president
- Became president six days after Lincoln was assassinated
- Southern Democratic president

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December 6, 1865- 13th amendment ratified

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December 6, 1865- 13th amendment ratified

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- Abolish slavery within the US
- Reconstruction process complete
- Many republicans refused the new government

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December 6, 1865- First Black Codes Passed

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December 6, 1865- First Black Codes Passed

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- laws restricted to limit the freedom of African Americans
- happened after 13th amendment ratified
- many blacks were required to sign yearly labor contracts

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- A group of confederate veterans formed a society called the Ku Klux Klan
- They were focused on reversing the governments reconstruction era
- They used violence to push back the reconstruction and enfranchisement to Blacks.

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- declared all people born in the US citizens; doesn't matter what color they are.
- President Johnson tries to veto it, but the Congress over rides it.
- Passes both houses of the Congress by a lot.

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- Racial violence rage in Memphis
- Whites assault blacks on the streets
- 48 black people dead, many of black homes and churches burned

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March 2, 1867- Reconstructions Act of 1867

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March 2, 1867- Reconstructions Act of 1867

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- passes reconstruction laws overriding president Johnsons veto
- Hard line attitude toward the South
- Known as Radical Reconstruction

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January 14, 1868- Southern Constitutional Convention

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January 14, 1868- Southern Constitutional Convention

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- embodied democratic principles that were absent from previous constitutions
- group met with black delegates
- they wanted to remodel the state constitution

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- All people born and naturalized in the US
- This included former enslaved people
- equal protection of the laws

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- anyone could vote basically
- failed because laws were weak
- no one would be judged by their race for voting

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- white conservatives came up with a plan to ensure their win in the election
- used to intimidate black voters
- try to guarantee that white democrats would take control of the state government

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- unwritten deal that settled the dispute of the 1876 election
- Removed all military forces from the Southern states
- appoint at least one southern democrat to Hayes cabinet