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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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- A place that would help the enslaved when they were finally freed, they provided clothes, shelter, food, etc.

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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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A man named John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. He was then carried over to the Ford's Theater surrounded by the people who knew him best.

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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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In result of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Johnson become the new president of the U.S.A.

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Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.

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Dec 6, 1865 - 13th Amendment is ratified

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Dec 6, 1865 - 13th Amendment is ratified

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Abolished slavery “within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

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KKK (Ku Klux Klan) was the reestablishment of white supremacy–fulfilled through Democratic victories in state legislatures across the South in the 1870s.

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The civil rights act declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, no matter race, color or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.

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The Memphis massacre was in 1866. This massacre was a series of violent events that occurred from May 1st to May 3, in Memphis, Tennessee.

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

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

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Congress had overrode President Andrew Johnson's veto to enact the first of four Reconstruction Acts.

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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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Annex "Santo Domingo" as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual statehood.

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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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The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States...including former enslaved people, and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”

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- He led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
- Annexation of Santo Domingo
- Grant vetoes the Private Relief Bill

- Fifteenth Amendment

- Voting rights and the KKK

- Civil Rights Act of 1875

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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's Conventions in 1868 were the first of their kind in North Carolina. Delegates proclaimed the need for black inclusivity in the political and judicial processes.

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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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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

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This was a time when there was a clash between whites and blacks. Three whites and an estimated 150 blacks died in the conflict.

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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 violence and intimidation of black and white voters, often called the “shotgun policy” or the "Mississippi Plan,” destroyed the effectiveness of the Republican Party in most areas of the South.

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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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Arranged among United States Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election.