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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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This Bureau oversaw the difficult transition of African Americans from slavery to freedom. They took action to help freed people gain citizenship and earn basic living requirements and fight racial confrontations.

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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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Ten percent plan to reconstruct confederate states. People had to understand the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved 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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Andrew didn't believe in reconstruction, but he had firm believes in state rights. It was under his administration that black codes were constructed.

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Black codes were enacted aimed to keep white supremacy in place and formed to economically disable freed slaves. They limited African American even after they gained their freedom. They were set precedent for Jim Crow laws.

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The 13th amendment formally abolished slavery

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The KKK is a white supremacist terrorist hate group. they directed their campaign of intimidation and violence toward white and Black Republican leaders and mostly people of color or different ethnicity's.

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The Civil rights act of 1866  declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude". President Andrew Johnson vetoed the legislation but that was over turned.

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The Memphis Race Riot was a series of violent events that took place from May 1st to May 3rd, leaving 48 dead, 46 black and 2 white. It was ignited by political and social racism following the American Civil War, during the precedent stages of reconstruction.

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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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The Reconstruction Act outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. It divided former confederate states into 5 military districts. It forced all southern states to eliminate their black codes and ratify the 14th amendment. It also disabled confederate leaders as part of the terms of their readmission to the 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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The goal of this treaty was to annex "Santo Domingo" as a United States territory in hopes of ending slavery there. It would mean that Black Americans could own property and live freely there.

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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 formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws.

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Ulysses S. Grant sent soldiers to protect freed people in some states but not to others. He mostly supported all actions taken in reconstruction he even  signed a Civil Rights law that outlawed racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations.

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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 freedman had a convention 3 day prior to the white conventions to divert attention and make free slaves aware of important issues

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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 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote. Still action was taken to prevented black men from voting.

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The violent massacre arose over a power struggle between white Southern Democrats and white Republicans and their Black supporters. Black people surrenders yet they were still killed.

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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 was referred to as the Mississippi plan, created 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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The compromise meant Democrats controlling the House of Representatives were allowed the decision of the Electoral Commission to take effect. It was all an informal agreement but there came an understanding.