Major Events of Reconstruction by Jaiylah Gonzalez(ST) https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo en-us 2023-03-01 14:32:45 UTC 2023-03-01 17:12:26 UTC hello@padlet.com March 3, 1865: Freedmen’s Bureau created gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499626533 - An attempt to make the transition from slavery easier.
- Provided former slaves with shelter and services.
- Lasted 3 years (until 1868).]]> 2023-03-01 14:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499626533 April 15, 1865: Abraham Lincoln is assassinated gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499627095 - He didn't want to free the slaves, he feared that this would hurt the South.
- He said that he wanted black people to be able to vote.
- 6 days later he was assassinated. ]]> 2023-03-01 14:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499627095 April 15, 1865: Andrew Johnson becomes president gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499627605 - He believed that the Civil War occurred in order to protect the Union.
- He made a plan, based on Lincoln's plan, for the South to start sending representatives and holding elections.]]> 2023-03-01 14:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499627605 Fall 1865: Black Codes gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499627963 - Southern legislatures created these codes to up-hold white supremacy.
- These codes limited what black people could do, especially what jobs they could have.]]> 2023-03-01 14:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499627963 Dec 6, 1865: 13th Amendment is ratified gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499628383 - The reconstruction process is complete, slavery is abolished.
- Former confederates try to take seats in Congress but they denied.]]> 2023-03-01 14:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499628383 Dec 24, 1865: KKK is formed gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499629098 - A secret society called the Ku Klux Klan.
- Their goal was to restore white supremacy.]]> 2023-03-01 14:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499629098 April, 1866: Civil Rights Act of 1866 gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499629636 - The Civil Right Bill gave all men citizenship, no matter what race they were.
- Was the first major piece of legislation.]]> 2023-03-01 14:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499629636 May 1, 1866: Memphis Race Riot gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499630031 - The racial tension in the South was what caused this riot.
- 46 black people were killed and 75 were injured.
- Five black women were raped, 12 school were burned, along with 4 churches.]]> 2023-03-01 14:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499630031 March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868: Reconstruction Acts of 1867 gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499630843 - Allows African American men to vote.
- The military (former Confederacy) into 5 districts.]]> 2023-03-01 14:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499630843 June 1870: Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499631321 - The goal was to claim Santo Domingo as a territory and eventually make them a state.]]> 2023-03-01 14:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499631321 July 28, 1868: 14th Amendment is ratified gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499631909 - Gave all people born in the US, including women, citizenship.]]> 2023-03-01 14:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499631909 November 3, 1868: Ulysses S. Grant gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499634177 - He was inconsistent with his policies.
- He supported reconstruction and send troops to the South to protect African American rights.
- However, he only protected certain states.]]> 2023-03-01 14:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499634177 Winter 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499634789 - The beginning of Black and White lawmakers working together.
- This was the first political meeting that included black men.]]> 2023-03-01 14:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499634789 February 3, 1870: 15th Amendment is ratified gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499635025 - Gives all men, regardless of race, the right to vote.]]> 2023-03-01 14:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499635025 April 13, 1873: The Colfax Massacre gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499635546 - Between The White League and Louisiana's majority black militia. 
- Over 100 black men are killed, yet only 3 members of The White League die.]]> 2023-03-01 14:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499635546 1875: Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy” gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499636112 - White Southern Democrats were trying to regain political control.
- Black voters would be intimidated, beaten, and more in the process of trying to vote.]]> 2023-03-01 14:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499636112 After the 1876 election Compromise of 1877 gonzalezj6862 https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499636483 - Reconstruction policies were abandoned so Hayes could be president.
- Segregation is enforced.]]> 2023-03-01 14:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalezj6862/iv61y2x97k3nmbgo/wish/2499636483