Major Events of Reconstruction by Keyannan Paye(ST) https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo AAH en-us 2021-02-11 15:50:47 UTC 2025-04-02 19:23:29 UTC hello@padlet.com March 3, 1865: Freedmen’s Bureau Created payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193293225
  • The Freedmen's Bureau provided assistance for emancipated  African Americans.
  • Provided medical aid, housing, food, schooling, etc. 
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 16:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193293225     April 15th, 1865: Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193297488
  • Lincoln played a big part in slaves becoming free and people did not like it.
  • Lincoln was killed by a supporter of slavery. His Vice President who was a supporter of slavery then took his place.
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 16:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193297488     April 15th, 1865: Andrew Johnson Becomes President payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193301986
  • Johnson was the Vice President to Abraham Lincoln. He was a white supremasist.
  • Johnson was the first president to be impeached by a house of congress. 
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 16:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193301986     Dec 6th, 1865: First Black Codes Passed payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193308532
  • Southern states made laws that restrict the rights of African Americans.
  • Laws included restrictions on things like marriage, ownership of property, etc. 
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 16:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193308532     Dec 6th, 1865: 13th Amendment is Ratified payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193319177
  • The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the Union.
  • This was the first step to African Americans becoming "fully" free.
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 16:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193319177     April 9th, 1866: Civil Rights Act of 1866 payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193366308
  • Rights were granted to all male citizens regardless of race.
  • President Johnson Vetoed the Civil Rights Act, but congress overrode the veto.
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193366308     May 1-3, 1866: Memphis Race Riot payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193369848
  • White people killed 46 African American individuals. 
  • White civilians destroyed 90 homes and schools as well as four churches.

    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193369848     July 30th 1866: KKK is Formed payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193373799
  • The KKK is a white supremacist organization that was formed to terrorize African Americans. 
  • They hanged, killed, terrorized a multitude of people of color 

    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193373799     1867: Reconstruction Acts of 1867 payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193379081
  • The reconstruction Acts of 1867 divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts. 
  • Each state in the districts was required to make new constitutions as well as ratify the 13th Amendment  and the constitution also had to be approved by not just white men but black men as well. This was so that the rights of African American Individuals were protected.
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193379081     Jan 14, 1868: Southern Constitutional Conventions Including Freedman payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193381959
  • During the Constitutional Conventions, they were forced to let African Americans  help them rewrite the constitution. 
  • This was a huge deal for African Americans at the time, and many whites were against it.

    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193381959     July 21, 1868: 14th Amendment is Ratified payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193384393
  • Guaranteed due process and equal protection under the law for African Americans 
  • In short, the 14th Amendment gave emancipated African American civil and legal rights. 
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193384393     March 30, 1870: 15th Amendment is Ratified payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193388723
  • The 15th Amendment allowed men the right to vote regardless of race.
  • Both African American and white women were still not allowed to vote at this time.
    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193388723     1875: Mississippi Plan or “Shotgun Policy” payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193390990
  • The Mississippi Plan was a plan to overthrow the Republican Party
  • The plan was also used to intimidate the African American population with different acts of violence.

    • ]]>     2021-02-11 17:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193390990     1877: Compromise of 1877 payek5557 https://padlet.com/payek5557/y113a7gsqto3fgwo/wish/1193392720
    • The compromise ended the dispute in 1876 over the presidential election that included Samual Tilden(D) and Rutherford B. Hayes(R)
    • The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement between the North and the South that also ended the Reconstruction era and the beginning of Jim Crow laws.
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