Reconstruction Timeline - African American History by Daniel Williams(ST) https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f By: Daniel Williams en-us 2021-09-20 17:30:35 UTC 2021-09-21 21:46:26 UTC hello@padlet.com March 3, 1865 Freedmen’s Bureau created williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758387072 - The main point of the organization was to help newly freed colored people merge into the rest of society.
- An extension of 2 years was vetoed by President Johnson but Congress overrid his decision.]]> 2021-09-21 20:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758387072 April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated -(briefly describe assassination and or Lincoln’s policies of Reconstruction) williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758395553 - John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln at Ford Theater
 - Lincoln was shot in the back of the head but survived for a couple hours before finally dying to his injuries

]]> 2021-09-21 21:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758395553 April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president -(briefly describe him/his policies toward Reconstruction as president) williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758404194 - Johnson wanted to completely overhaul the Southern government and its economy
- Was a little too lenient during his presidency term and pardoned over 10,000 people]]> 2021-09-21 21:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758404194 Fall 1865 Black Codes williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758406174 - Laws were passed that limited black people from having may rights and raising their social status
- Was the main reason the Jim Crow era arose]]> 2021-09-21 21:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758406174 Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment is ratified williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758408005 - This amendment abolished slavery and outlawed most if not all forms of forced labor 
- Southern states had to ratify it to be allowed back into the Union]]> 2021-09-21 21:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758408005 Dec 24, 1865 KKK is formed williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758410455 - Anti-black group is formed and would become one of the worlds most infamous terrorist groups
- Started in Polanski, Tennessee by a group of confederate veterans]]> 2021-09-21 21:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758410455 April, 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758412124 - Stated all people born in the US would automatically have citizenship
- Allowed black people who were formerly slaves to be identified as citizens of the US giving them benefits]]> 2021-09-21 21:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758412124 May 1, 1866 Memphis Race Riot williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758417959 - An altercation between white policeman and black veterans turns deadly and leads to a 3 day riot with white people massacring, raping, burning, terrorizing, and demolishing the black community
- Federal troops were called in to stop the violence and it ended on the third day]]> 2021-09-21 21:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758417959 March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867 williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758420343 - This act basically outlined 4 main conditions a Southern state needed to be readmitted into the Union
- Split all the Southern states, excluding Tennessee, into military districts guarded by the Union forces]]> 2021-09-21 21:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758420343 June 1870 Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758424599 - Originally was a plan to have Texas join the Union as a territory and not a state so they could have their own government but was rejected by Congress
- Texas later joined as the 28th state into the Union but had to keep its war debt, give up anything that wasn't public land, and cede a lot of its land]]> 2021-09-21 21:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758424599 July 28, 1868 14th Amendment is ratified williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758427559 - Gave citizenship to any people naturalized or born into the United States
- Gave former slaves the same rights as anyone else in America]]> 2021-09-21 21:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758427559 November 3, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant-(briefly describe him/his policies toward Reconstruction as president) williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758429736 - Grant's main goal was to improve the North and Souths relationship and lead to a reconciliation
- Established a firm foothold in civil rights and tried to squander hate towards newly freed blacks]]> 2021-09-21 21:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758429736 Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758433937 - Introduced the 3/5ths rule stating that colored people were 3/5ths of a white mans vote
- Southern delegates argued to keep their slavery institutions intact which almost led to a premature convention close]]> 2021-09-21 21:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758433937 February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758435739 - Established that the color of a persons skin, their ethnicity, their religion, or servitude did not take away their human rights
- Allowed black people to push back against Jim Crow laws and find more jobs]]> 2021-09-21 21:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758435739 April 13, 1973 The Colfax Massacre williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758440445 - Louisiana was in a race for governor which was split between white power supremacists and slavery abolitionists
- Led to white men firing into a black militia protecting the ballot leading to a defense team (black people) and an offense team (white people.) When the defenders surrendered, the white supremacists did not hold back and proceeded to slaughter them]]> 2021-09-21 21:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758440445 1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy” williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758444415 - Democratic party planned to overthrow the Republican party in Mississippi with threats, violence, and purchasing of black voters
- Caused fear in black people voting which led to the downfall of the Republican vote]]> 2021-09-21 21:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758444415 After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877 williamsdan8019 https://padlet.com/williamsdan8019/8ny8y7kelypgxn7f/wish/1758446399 - Ended the reconstruction era and pulled Northern troops from Southern states
- Settled some of the intense and hostile confrontations between both sides

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