Major Events of Reconstruction by nessa

March 3, 1865 Freedmen's Bureau created

lekpeyeev9881 — 2024-10-02 17:00:10 UTC

It was a federal agency that provided assistance to formerly enslaved people, and impoverished whites in the southern US after the civil war. They helped with food, clothing, medical care, education, etc.

April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th US president. He began his public career by saying he was anti-slavery, but didn't call for immediate emancipation. Eventually he issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves in states that were in rebellion

April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes president

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After Lincoln's death Andrew Johnson quickly became president. His main focus was to reconstruct the former confederate states. His plans did not give protection to the former slaves, and he came into conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress.

Fall 1865 Black codes start to be implemented throughout the south

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After the cicil war ended, southern states passed black codes that limited the rights of black people, mostly ones that were enslaved. It limited jobs African Americans could cold and their ability to leave a job once hired.

December 6, 1865 13th amendment is ratified

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The 13th amendment made slavery illegal in the US. Delaware and New Jersey rejected it. Iowa, California and Oregon, as well as Florida and Texas, had yet to vote on it.

December 24, 1865 KKK is formed

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KKK is short for the Ku Klux Klan. It was a huge group of white supremacists, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. They got away with killing black people for years, and they did it in such dehumanizing ways.

April, 1866 Civil rights Act of 1866

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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was the first federal law in the United States to define citizenship and guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens. It was passed on April 9th.

May 1, 1866 Memphis Race Riot

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The Massacre was a rebellion of violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3 in Memphis, Tennessee.The racial violence was ignited by political and social racism following the American Civil War

March 2, 1867- March 11, 1868 Reconstruction Acts of 1867

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A series of laws that outlined the process for readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union after the Civil War. The acts were passed by Congress on March 2, 1867, after President Andrew Johnson tried to veto them

June 1870 Treaty of Annexation of Santo Domingo

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It was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869. He wanted to annex Santo Domingo US territory with the promise of eventual statehood.

July 28, 1868 14th amendment is ratified

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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."

November 3, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected

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Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States. He led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.

Winter 1868 Southern Constitutional Conventions including freedman

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Under congress most southern states held conventions in 1867-68. The resulting new state constitutions guaranteed the right of black adult males to vote and run for public office.

February 3, 1870 15th Amendment is ratified

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The amendment granted the right to vote to all male citizens, regardless of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude. More people were gaining rights.

April 13, 1873 The Colfax Massacre

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62–153 Black militia men were murdered while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan.

1875 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”

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The Mississippi Plan of 1875 was made by the Democratic Party to overthrow the Republican Party in the state of Mississippi by organizing threats of violence and suppression or purchase of the black vote, in order to regain that political control of the legislature and governor's office.

After the 1876 Election Compromise of 1877

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The Compromise of 1877 was an unwritten political deal in the United States to settle the intense dispute over the results of the 1876 presidential election, ending the filibuster of the certified results and the threat of political.