# data[].attributes.headline
March 3, 1865  Freedmen’s Bureau created

# data[].attributes.subject
March 3, 1865  Freedmen’s Bureau created

# data[].attributes.body
This was a system that aided freed African Americans. It was put in place to make a good transition from slavery and provide former slaves shelter and medical services.

# data[].attributes.headline
April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated 

# data[].attributes.subject
April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated 

# data[].attributes.body
Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The reason behind the assassination was Booth thought Lincoln was going to overthrow the Constitution and destroy the South.

# data[].attributes.headline
April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president 

# data[].attributes.subject
April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president 

# data[].attributes.body
Andrew Johnson's plan was for granting amnesty and giving the southern's their property back (except slaves) if they pledged to be loyal to the U.S. He also wanted the ratification on the 13th Amendment.

# data[].attributes.body
Black codes were restrictive laws that limited African Americans to do things as a freed person. These codes enacted right after the Civil war.

# data[].attributes.body
This Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. The vote was passed with a 119-56 vote, which was just over the two-third majority.

# data[].attributes.body
This is an organization that terrorizes African Americans and is a white supremacy group. It was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee.

# data[].attributes.body
This act grants citizenship and equal rights to all men in the U.S no matter the color of the person or previous condition of slavery. It failed to protect political or social rights like voting.

# data[].attributes.body
About 48 African Americans were killed and many homes, churches, and school were destroyed by white people and police. This happened for 3 days.

# data[].attributes.headline
March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867

# data[].attributes.subject
March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867

# data[].attributes.body
This bill divided former Confederate states into 5 military districts. The point of the act was to readmit the Southern states into the Union.

# data[].attributes.headline
July 28, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified

# data[].attributes.subject
July 28, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified

# data[].attributes.body
The 14th amendment guarantees due process and equal rights to African Americans. It also granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.

# data[].attributes.headline
Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

# data[].attributes.subject
Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

# data[].attributes.body
This is the first political meeting that included African American men. It was held in Charleston, South Carolina.

# data[].attributes.headline
February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified

# data[].attributes.subject
February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified

# data[].attributes.body
The 15 Amendment gave all male citizens to vote no matter their race or previous condition of slavery. This discluded all women in the United States.

# data[].attributes.headline
1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

# data[].attributes.subject
1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

# data[].attributes.body
White people would harass African Americans to a point that where they were afraid to vote. The risk of an African American voting could have lead to death.

# data[].attributes.headline
After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877

# data[].attributes.subject
After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877

# data[].attributes.body
The Compromise of 1877 ended the Reconstruction era. It was an unwritten deal and it was informally arranged.