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March 3, 1865  Freedmen’s Bureau created

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March 3, 1865  Freedmen’s Bureau created

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It was made to help black and white people in poverty

It helped freedpeople become self-sufficient

It ended in 1872

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April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated 

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April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated 

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Abraham Lincon was a president who helped end

slavery

Establish civil rights

January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy

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April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president 

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April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president 

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He pardoned most former Confederates and allowed the South to elect new governments.

Johnson's Reconstruction policies focused on restoring the Southern states to the Union as quickly as possible.

He ignored the implementation of "Black Codes" that restricted the rights of freed African Americans.

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Fall 1865 Black Codes start to be implemented throughout the South

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Fall 1865 Black Codes start to be implemented throughout the South

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It was implemented to control the growth of the free black population

It blocked African Americans' rights to vote

To restore much of the slave system that existed before the war

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The amendment outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.

Congress was given the power to enforce the amendment through legislation.

The amendment applied to the United States and any place under its jurisdiction.

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A group including many former Confederate veterans founded the first branch of the Ku Klux Klan as a social club in Pulaski, Tennessee

At least 10 percent of the Black legislators elected during the 1867-1868 constitutional conventions became victims of violence during Reconstruction, including seven who were killed.

White Republicans (derided as “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags”) and Black institutions such as schools and churches—symbols of Black autonomy—were also targets for Klan attacks.

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Granted citizens the right to make contracts, own property, sue in court, and enjoy the full protection of federal law

Gave the U.S. district courts exclusive jurisdiction over criminal cases related to violations of the act

Defined citizenship for all people born in the United States, except American Indians

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The riot was fueled by deep racial tensions, a lack of housing and jobs, and the resentment of Irish immigrants who had sided with the Confederacy

The Black population had quadrupled after the Civil War, but there were not enough jobs or housing.

The white police force harassed Black residents, including soldiers who had served in the 3rd U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery.

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March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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Congress that outlined the process for former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War

The South was placed under military control, with each state divided into one of five military districts governed by Union generals.

States were required to ratify the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to formerly enslaved people.

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June 1870 Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo

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June 1870 Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo

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In 1869, President Grant negotiated a treaty with the Dominican Republic's President Buenaventura Báez

The treaty would annex the country in exchange for $1.5 million and payment of the Dominican foreign debt

Grant believed the treaty would benefit the two countries, civilization, and the end of slavery

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July 28, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified

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July 28, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified

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Granted citizenship to all people born in the United States, including formerly enslaved people

Guaranteed equal protection under the law to all citizens

Prohibited states from denying life, liberty, or property without due process of law

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November 3, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected

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November 3, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected

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Supported congressional Reconstruction and the Fifteenth Amendment

Under Grant, the Union was completely restored.

Prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan

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Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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In 1867–68, a federally sanctioned convention in Atlanta proposed a new constitution that included suffrage for Black men

In 1867–68, the Underwood Convention in Richmond produced a constitution that included African American delegates.

African Americans held conventions to protest the Black Codes and request voting rights and recognition as equal citizens.

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February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified

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February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified

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Prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous enslavement

Granted the right to vote to all male citizens, regardless of ethnicity or former slave status

Gave Congress the power to enforce the amendment through legislation

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An armed group of white supremacists attacks a courthouse guarded by a mostly-Black militia in the town of Colfax, Louisiana

A bloodbath ensues, as the militia surrenders and the white supremacists carry out a day-long campaign of terror that came to be known as the Colfax Massacre

By the time Louisiana state militia arrived on April 14, an estimated 150 people had been killed—an exact count was made difficult by the hiding of many of the bodies.

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1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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The Gun Control Act (GCA) states that only people 18 years or older can buy shotguns and ammunition for shotguns.

Firearms must be unloaded and locked in a hard-sided container.

Firearms must be transported as checked baggage only.

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After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877

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After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877

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The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.

The Democrats agreed not to block Hayes’ victory on the condition that Republicans withdraw all federal troops from the South, thus consolidating Democratic control over the region

Immediately after the presidential election of 1876, it became clear that the outcome of the race hinged largely on disputed returns from Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina