Reconstruction Timeline by Shakira Garcia(ST) https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0 en-us 2021-02-11 19:11:58 UTC 2025-11-12 20:57:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5a4.png Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated: April 15, 1865 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194175223 - John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln in the Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
- John Wilkes Booth planned to kidnap Lincoln but his plan had failed. He ended up killing Lincoln because he said he was "trying to save the confederacy".  ]]> 2021-02-11 19:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194175223 Black Codes: Fall 1865 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194178024 - Southerners drafted "Black Codes" to make known of white supremacy. 
- Free African American men were not able to work regular jobs because they were only allowed to work in fields. If they refused to sign working contracts there was punishment. 
- Children were able to be taken and put to work.
- Unemployed men would be  kidnapped and auctioned as laborers.  ]]> 2021-02-11 19:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194178024 13th Amendment is Ratified: Dec 6, 1865 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194178997 - Slavery is abolished and the reconstruction process is now complete.
- Republicans get very enraged. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194178997 KKK is Formed: Dec 24, 1865 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194181983 - The KKK was formed to put down newly freed slaves and slaves in general.
- They terrorized African Americans trying to push back Reconstruction. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194181983 Civil Rights Act: April, 1866 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194183163 - The Civil Rights Act allowed all men (no matter their race) the same rights. 
- President Johnson vetoed the act but Congress overrode it. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194183163 Memphis Race Riot: May 1, 1866 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194184436 - There is a lot of violence in Memphis due to racial issues.
- White people go around terrorizing African Americans.
- This results in 48 people dead as well as many homes and churches destroyed. 




]]> 2021-02-11 19:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194184436 Reconstruction Acts of 1867: March 2, 1867 - March 11, 1868 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194185335 - Congress continues to override President Johnson.
- This forces states to start accepting the new constitution.]]> 2021-02-11 19:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194185335 14th Amendment is Ratified: July 28, 1868 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194186427 - Black suffrage is introduced and the 14th amendment is ratified. 
- The 14 amendment grants citizenship to former slaves. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194186427 Southern Constitutional Conventions Including Freedman: Winter 1868 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194187604 - Meetings with both black and white lawmakers take place 
- They have the most black men to attend the meetings. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194187604 15th Amendment is Ratified February 3, 1870 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194189137 - The 15th amendment states that their right to vote can't be turned down just because of people's skin color.]]> 2021-02-11 19:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194189137 Election Compromise of 1877: After the 1876 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194191845 - The Federal Government pulled federal troops out the South.
- This resulted in the end of the Reconstruction Era.
- African Americans were deprived of their right to vote. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194191845 Andrew Johnson becomes President: April 15, 1865 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194271876 - Andrew Johnson is the first president to be impeached. 
- Johnson believed that every state had the right to decide how they wanted to go about Reconstruction and it wouldn't be based as a whole. ]]> 2021-02-11 19:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194271876 Freedmen's Bureau Creation: March 3, 1865 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194281905 - Provided shelter, clothing, land, food, and medical services to newly freed African Americans and displaced Southerners.
- Their goal was to assist in the political and social reconstruction of post-war Southern states. This was to help formally enslaved people make their transition from slavery to citizenship and freedom.
- This stayed open until 1868.]]> 2021-02-11 19:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194281905 Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy”: 1875 garcias9165 https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194371594 - White men wanted to gain control of the state for their conservatives
- This would create riots and start   violent acts towards African Americans. ]]> 2021-02-11 20:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/garcias9165/w0c9t1z0fszezar0/wish/1194371594