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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 a an act passed by congress to give food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans after the civil war.

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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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- Made a plan to ensure that 10% of the confederate soldiers swear on oath to the union
- Create new state constitutions
- Create jobs for former confederate sympathizers and for displaced people

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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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- Made policy that former confederates that swore oath to the union would be pardoned.
- Also that high ranking confederate soldiers could not be pardoned.
- Also that states that wanted to be readmitted needed to abolish slavery before joining.

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- These policies restricted the rigth's of black people.
- Black people could not own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.

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The thirteenth amendment made slavery illegal in America. The only exception to this amendment is people who are "duly convicted."

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Was founded as a small fraternity in TA but grew fairly quickly. One of their main goals was to reverse the governments actions during the reconstruction era. They engaged in terrorist activities and intimidation of black people.

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This bill declared that all person born in the U.S. were citizens, also this can conditions of this amendment can not be changed based on a person race, or because a person was previously enslaved. This bills main goal was to protect some of the civil rights of black people in the wake of the civil war.

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Black veterans clashed with white policemen and other white law enforcement. It came out because of the rising race tension in Memphis. It lasted for about two days.

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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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Andrew Jhonson passed the reconstruction acts that sent union troops to the south to supervise that they were changing into a more democratic union.

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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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It was an attempted treaty from former president Grant to make "Santo Domingo" or the present day D.R. a territory of the U.S.

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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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This amendment granted citizen ship to all people born in the U.S. and gave all citizens equal protection under the law. Congress also required the southern states to ratify this amendment to regain federal representation.

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He signed the 15th amendment, and granted universal male suffrage without racial discrimination. He worked to maintain good relations with the north and south. Also to give more civil rights to freed black people.

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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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This convention ended racial discrimination on the basis of racial housing prejudice and needing housing to vote. Also this convention gave more rights to women, established counties, and abolished debtors prison

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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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This amendment protected the voting rights of black men after the civil war.

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After racial tensions following a new governor in Louisiana a local black militia took control of the local courthouse in fear that their rights might be taken away. in response former confederates and KKK members came and killed more than 50 of those members. It was the bloodiest single instance of the reconstruction era.

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1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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In some parts the country white people were outnumbered by black people, so to combat that white people formed militias that would intimidate black voters into not voting. They would set around poll booths and harm any black person that attempted to vote.

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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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This was an informal compromise that settled some of the tension with the new president. He would withdraw all union soldiers from the southern states if he was to gain presidency.