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Freedman's Bureau Created (March 1865)                 

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Freedman's Bureau Created (March 1865)                 

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What the Freedman Bureau did is it would smooth the transition from slavery, providing former slaves with immediate shelter and medical services, and it would help in negotiating labor contracts.

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Lincoln dies and in his last speech before death he was mentioning black suffrage for soldiers and others.

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Andrew Johnson becomes president(May 1865)

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Andrew Johnson becomes president(May 1865)

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When Andrew Johnson becomes president he announces reconstruction for the south and restoration of property to all southerners who swear loyalty to the union (Except for slaves), The reconstruction strategy also required states to ratify the 13th amendment.

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First Black Codes Passed(August/ September 1865)

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First Black Codes Passed(August/ September 1865)

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President Johnson was growing leniency toward the white South, he ordered the restoration of land to its former owners, also the land would be provided to freed slaves. The president started aligning himself with the Southern elite, declaring "White men must manage the South"

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Southern Legislatures began drafting "Black codes" to re-establish white supremacy, the laws would impose restrictions on black citizens, especially in attempts to control labor.

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The KKK is formed when President Johnson declares the reconstruction. Radical Republicans that were in congress refused to recognize new governments in Southern States. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kkk-founded

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In Pulaski, Tennessee, a group of Confederate veterans convenes to form a secret society that they christen the " Ku Klux Klan." The KKK rapidly grew from a secret social fraternity to a paramilitary force bent on reversing the federal government's progressive Reconstruction era-activities in the South, especially policies that elevated the rights of the local Black population.

The name of the Ku Klux Klan was derived from the Greek word kyklos, meaning "circle," and the Scottish-Gaelic word "clan," which was probably chosen for the sake of alliteration. Under a platform of philosophized white racial superiority, the group employed violence as a means of pushing back Reconstruction and its enfranchisement of African Americans. Former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was the KKK's first grand wizard. In 1869, he unsuccessfully tried to disband it after he grew critical of the Klan's excessive violence.

Most prominent in counties where the races were relatively equal in number, the KKK engaged in terrorist raids against African Americans and white Republicans at night, employing intimidation, destruction of property, assault, and murder to achieve its aims and influence upcoming elections.

In a few Southern states, Republicans organized militia units to break up the Klan. In 1871, the Ku Klux Act passed by Congress, authorizing President Ulysses S. Grant to use military force to suppress the KKK. The Ku Klux Act resulted in nine South Carolina counties being placed under martial law and thousands of arrests. In 1882, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Ku Klux Act unconstitutional, but by that time Reconstruction had ended and the KKK receded for the time being.

The 20th century witnessed two revivals of the KKK: one in response to immigration in the 1910s and '20s, and another in response to the African American civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. Various chapters of the KKK still exist in the 21st century. White supremacist violence, in general, is again on the rise in America. Several high profile events, including the 2015 Charleston church shooting; the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia; the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting; and the 2019 shooting in an El Paso, Texas Walmart were all fueled by white supremacy and racism.

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KKK founded | December 24, 1865 | HISTORY

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In Pulaski, Tennessee, a group of Confederate veterans convenes to form a secret society that they christen the "Ku Klux Klan." The KKK rapidly grew from a secret social fraternity to a paramilitary force bent on reversing the federal government's progressive Reconstruction era-activities in the South, especially policies that elevated the rights of the local Black [...]

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Civil Rights act of 1866(February/ April 1866)

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Civil Rights act of 1866(February/ April 1866)

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President Johnson vetoes a bill to give Southern Blacks more protection. The civil rights bill, grants citizenship to all males in the United States." Without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.

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Racial violence rages in Memphis Tennessee for three days as white assault blacks on the streets, in the aftermath 48 people nearly all black are dead and hundreds of black homes, churches, and schools have been pillaged or burned.

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Reconstruction Act of 1867(March 2 1867)

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Reconstruction Act of 1867(March 2 1867)

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Congress begins to pass additional reconstruction laws, overriding President Johnson's Vetoes and beginning a more hard line attitude toward the South.

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14th Amendment is ratified(July 28 1868)

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14th Amendment is ratified(July 28 1868)

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The 14th amendment was ratified defining citizenship to include all people born or naturalized in the U.S. is finally ratified.

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It was the first political meetings in history to include substantial numbers of black men.

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15th amendment is ratified(February 15th 1870)

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15th amendment is ratified(February 15th 1870)

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It granted African American men the right to vote.

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Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy"(February 1870)

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Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy"(February 1870)

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Mississippi had been readmitted into the union.

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It was a informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election.