The Agony of Reconstruction

Lincolns Plan

Jan 1, 1863

Lincoln releases his 10 percent reconstruction plan. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Abraham_Lincoln_standing_portrait_1863.jpg

Bill of Wade-Davis

Jan 1, 1864

Wade-Davis Bill passes Congress But is pocket-vetoed by Lincoln. The Wade-Davis Bill was a program to reconstruct the south. http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/weblect/lec01/01_2330.jpg

Johnsons Move

Jan 1, 1865

Johnson moves to reconstuct the south on his own initiative. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/1/1a/20050710030609!President_Andrew_Johnson_standing.jpg

Congretional Sticklers

Dec 1, 1865

Congress refuses to seat representatives and senators elected from states reestablished under presidential plan. http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/civilwar/w1865.jpg

Johnson Vetoes

Feb 1, 1866

Johnson vetoes Freedmen's Bureau Bill. http://www.picturehistory.com/images/products/1/7/4/prod_17447.jpg

Johnson Vetoes Again!

Apr 1, 1866

Johnson vetoes Civil Rights Act; it still passes over his Veto. The Civil Rights Act was made to extend the rights of emancipated slaves. http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/tandy_charlton.jpg

14th

Jun 1, 1866

Congress passes the 14th Amendment. 14th amendment defines citizenship. http://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/cons/features/0206_01/slide4.gif

Majority Rules

Jul 1, 1866

Republicans increase their congressional majority in the fall elections.

Reconstruction

Mar 1, 1867

First Reconstruction Act is passed over Johnson's veto. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/richmond/destruction-richmond-civil-war.jpg

Impeached!

Feb 1, 1868

Johnson is impeached; he aviods conviction by one vote. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/graphic/xlarge/johnson_impeachment_xl.jpg

Civil Rights

Mar 1, 1868

Southern blacks vote and serve in constitutional conventions. http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/Freedmen_Voting__South_Carolina__1868.jpg

Grant for Pres.

Apr 1, 1868

Grant wins presidential election, defeating Horatio Seymour. http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/president_grant.jpg

Vote!

Jan 1, 1869

Congress passes Fifthteenth Amendment, granting African Americans the right to vote. http://americanhistory.si.edu/Brown/history/1-segregated/images/1st-colored-of-congress-l.jpg

KKK vs Congress

Jan 1, 1870

Congress passes the Ku Klux Klan Acts to protect black voting rights in the south. http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/kkk.jpg

Grant x2!

Jan 1, 1872

Grand re-elected president, defeating Horace Greeley, candidate of Liberal Republicans and Democrats. http://www.chewednews.com/Pictures/Greeley-Brown-Grant-Wilson-campaign-posters-1872.jpg

Depression

Jan 1, 1873

Financial panic plunges nation into depression. http://seriesofhopes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/463px-panic_of_1873_bank_run.jpg

New Act

Jan 1, 1875

Congress passes Specie Resumption Act. http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl0761l.jpg

Caught!

Jan 1, 1875

"Whiskey Ring" scandal exposed. http://www.harpweek.com/Images/SourceImages/CartoonOfTheDay/March/031876m.jpg

Hayes v. Tilden

Jan 1, 1876

Disputed presidential election resolved in favor of Republican Hayes over Democrat Tilden. http://www.officemuseum.com/Governor_Samuel_J._Tilden_of_New_York_Transacting_Business_Executive_Chamber_Albany_F_Leslies_Feb_20_1875_OM.jpg

Compromise

Jan 1, 1877

Compromise of 1877 ends military intervention in the south and causes fall of the last Radical governments. http://www.presidentprofiles.com/images/prh_01_img0042.jpg