reonstruction timeline by Elaina Crater(ST)

13th amenndment is ratified

cratere1146 — 2024-10-01 17:54:54 UTC

ratified on jan 31. 1865

Senate passes April 8, 1864

House passes January 31, 1865

President signs February 1, 1865

Ratified by 27 states December 6, 1865

Proclaimed December 18, 1865

14th amendment is ratified

cratere1146 — 2024-10-02 16:50:29 UTC

Ratified on july 9th 1868

Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth 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,”

compromise of 1877

cratere1146 — 2024-10-02 16:50:44 UTC

The Compromise of 1877 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.

15th amendment is ratified

cratere1146 — 2024-10-02 17:12:40 UTC

february 3, 1870

Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.

Memphis race riot

cratere1146 — 2024-10-02 17:15:40 UTC

The Memphis Race Riot of 1866, also known as the Memphis Massacre, was a violent attack on Black residents of Memphis, Tennessee that took place from May 1–3, 1866. 46 African Americans were murdered, including several women and girls, and more than 75 others were injured. Two white men were also killed.