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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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Freedmen's Bureau was created because congress passed an act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees. Freedmen's Bureau provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land.

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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 Lincoln was Americas 16th President. Mr. Lincoln was opposed to slavery and the expansion of it.

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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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Andrew Johnson was the 17th American President, who was formally vice president to Abraham Lincoln. His reconstruction plan called for amnesty and restoration of property except for slaves to all Southerners who will swear loyalty to the Union. His plan also required states to ratify the 13th amendment.

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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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Southern legislatures drafted "Black Codes" which kept white supremacy. The laws have restricted Black citizens. Freedmen were prohibited from work except form working in the fields. Black people refusing to sign labor contracts could have been punished, unemployed black men were seized and auctioned to planters as laborers, black children could be taken from their families and made to work.

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The 13th amendment is ratified which abolishes slavery. Slavery is only permitted it persecuted for crime.

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The KKK is a white supremacist hate group that terrorized white people. They would torment and kill Black people and repress the civil rights and liberties of Black people.

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Legalizes citizenship on African Americans and guarantees equal rights. Affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law

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White civilians and police killed 46-48 African Americans and destroyed 90 houses, schools, and four churches in Memphis, Tennessee. This occurred for three 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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Congress divided America into five military districts. The act set a punishment for certain social behaviors. The act granted citizenship to anyone born in the US.

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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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An attempted treaty to annex "Santo Domingo" (Dominican Republic) as a United States territory, with the promise of eventually becoming a state in the future.

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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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Addressed citizenship, states can’t deny people with the us equal protection of laws, people born or naturalized in the US are citizens.

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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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18th US President. Was an American military officer and politician. He believed in a federal system in which the states maintained much of their power separate from the federal government.

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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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The freedmen were now able to vote and participate. This resulted to new state constitutions guaranteeing the right of black adult males to vote and run for public office.

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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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Black men only (not women) the right to vote. The right to vote shouldn’t be limited based off of race, color, or former servitude.

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Three white men and 150 Black men were killed. Ended carpetbag misrule in the south.

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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 1875 white conservatives in the state came up with the "Mississippi Plan" to insure their victory in the upcoming elections. This plan used intimidation of black voters and outright fraud to guarantee that white Democrats would take control of the state government.

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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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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.