Major Events of Reconstruction by Caela Gibson(ST) https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l Events that shaped the era of Reconstruction en-us 2021-02-11 17:51:06 UTC 2025-05-08 16:31:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Freedmen’s Bureau created gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193677362 March 3, 1865:
This bureau provided food, shelter, clothing, etc. to newly freed African Americans and displaced Southerners. It is initially authorized for just one year.]]> 2021-02-11 17:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193677362 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193754300 April 15, 1865:
Abraham was assassinated in a movie theater called Ford's Theatre. He was murder by John Wilkes Booth because John was a supporter of slavery and Lincoln was not.]]> 2021-02-11 18:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193754300 Andrew Johnson becomes president gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193828299 April 15, 1865:
After Abraham's death, his Vice President, Andrew Johnson, became the 17th president.]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193828299 First Black Codes passed gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193828982 December 6, 1865:
Southern states enact laws restricting right of African Americans. Southern legislatures began drafting "Black Codes" to re-establish white supremacy. ]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193828982 13th Amendment is ratified gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193829474 December 6, 1865:
This amendment abolishes slavery in the United States. Georgia was the twenty-seventh state to approve it out of thirty-six states.]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193829474 KKK is formed gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193829701 December 24, 1865:
A secret organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule was formed in Tennessee. It was formed by six Confederate veterans.]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193829701 Civil Rights Act of 1866 gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193829938 April 9, 1866:
This act confers citizenship on African Americans and guarantees equal rights. It was the nation's first civil rights law.]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193829938 Memphis Race Riot gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830431 May 1-3, 1866:
In this riot, 46 African Americans were killed by police and white civilians. They also destroyed 90 houses, schools, and four churches.]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830431 Reconstruction Acts of 1867 gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830640 March 2, 1867:
This act became a law after Congress overrode a presidential veto. The new policies divide the South into military districts.]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830640 14th Amendment is ratified gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830815 July 21, 1868:
This amendment guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans.]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830815 Southern constitutional conventions including freedman gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830961 Winter, 1868:
Black and white lawmakers began to work side by side in Southern states. ]]> 2021-02-11 18:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193830961 15th Amendment is ratified gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193986168 February 3, 1870:
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote. Iowa approved this amendment to the Constitution to finally secure its ratification with a three-quarters majority of the states. ]]> 2021-02-11 18:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193986168 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy” gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193998607 1875:
This plan used intimidation of black voters to guarantee that the white Democrats could take control of the state government.]]> 2021-02-11 18:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1193998607 Compromise of 1877 gibsonc9972 https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1194000479 March 2, 1877:
The compromise gave white Southerners their chance to stop the military occupation of the South.]]> 2021-02-11 18:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gibsonc9972/sleqj7uf4rc6kt9l/wish/1194000479