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Freedmen's Bureau Creation (March 3, 1865)

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Freedmen's Bureau Creation (March 3, 1865)

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This document provided assistance to African Americans who were free. This law was later abolished in 1872

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Abraham Lincoln's Assassination (April 15, 1865)

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Abraham Lincoln's Assassination (April 15, 1865)

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Lincoln's assassination took place in a theater. A man by the name of John Wilkes Booth was the one in the theater who did the job. He was shot in the back of his head while he was enjoying a play. After the assassination took place, Lincoln's VP, Andrew Johnson, became president.

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Andrew Johnson Becomes President (April 15, 1865)

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Andrew Johnson Becomes President (April 15, 1865)

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Andrew Johnson allowed those who were white to get their property back from those who were black. He planned to ratify the 13th Amendment, which was created to end slavery.

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Black Codes were restrictions that white placed on black people. Some black codes were controlling labor, prohibition of work, refusal of signing labor laws resulted in punishment, and unemployed black men can be captured and sold to planters as laborers.

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13th Amendment Ratification (December 6th, 1865)

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13th Amendment Ratification (December 6th, 1865)

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The ratification of this amendment came 8 months later. People in the North were angry and were against fighting for slavery to end. Many people were focused on getting rid of the law completely. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified

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In Tennessee, a group of veterans who were Confederates decided to form a society called the Ku Klux Klan. This group used violence to try and push back Reconstruction. The violent group would do terrorist raids against African Americans and they would destroy property, assault, and murder. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kkk-founded

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The House of Representatives overrode Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill. The bill was meant for all people who were born in the U.S are considered citizens of the U.S. https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/The-Civil-Rights-Bill-of-1866/

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This riot lasted for 3 days and it was between the  people who lived in Memphis, Tennessee. The riot started because a white police officer arrested a black veteran and multiple black people showed  up to stop the police officer. The violence spread to other black people and some were being attacked in their homes, schools, an some churches were even destroyed. Teachers who were white were targeted. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/memphis-riot-1866/

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Reconstruction Acts of 1867 (March 2, 1867)

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Reconstruction Acts of 1867 (March 2, 1867)

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The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South temporarily into 5 different military districts. This law required that southern states ratify the 14th amendment. https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction

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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 gave the right of citizenship to those who were born or grew up in the U.S. This amendment included black people as well.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fourteenth-amendment

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In the winter, many elected officials went to Charleston to create a new state constitutional. The point of this was that the U.S congress do this so that they could get back into the Union. https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/south-carolina-constitutional-convention-1868

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15th Amendment Ratification (February 3, 1870)

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15th Amendment Ratification (February 3, 1870)

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The 15th amendment gave African Americans the right to vote in public elections. A Voting Rights Act stated that anything type of legal action carried out against African Americans and their voting rights would be outlawed.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment

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Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy" (1875)

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Mississippi Plan or "Shotgun Policy" (1875)

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This policy was based off of white people terrorizing black people voting. White people would used violence to keep black people from voting. Thousands of black voters were killed Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Many white people who were terrorists would harass white children and kept many white women in churches and social clubs from their husbands.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/black-and-tan-republicans/

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Compromise of 1877 (After the 1876 Election)

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Compromise of 1877 (After the 1876 Election)

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This was an agreement between southern democrats and those who sides with President Hayes. This was to settle the result of the election of 1876. Florida, Louisiana, adn South Carolina became democratic states and this ended the Reconstruction era.
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/compromise-of-1877