roconstruction

By rzh41
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    Roconstruction

  • Abe Lincoln was killed

    Abe Lincoln was killed
    President Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater while attending the play "Our American Cousin." He was shot by John Wilkes Booth

  • Congress expands Freedmen's Bureau

    Congress votes to expand the duties of the Freedman's Bureau.

  • vetoe bill

    President Johnson vetoes the Freedman's Bureau bill.

  • Pass Civil Rights Act

    Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, Which is designed to protext the rights of newly enfranchised African Americans

  • Johnson vetoes

    President Johnson vetoes the Civil RIghts Act

  • Pass Civil Rights Act

    Congress passes the Civil Rights Act again, this time over the Presidents veto.

  • KKK

    KKK
    The Klu Klux Klan is organized in Pulaski, Tennessee(The group that was against African Americans being free and showed that in a cruel manner.)

  • 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment is submitted to the states for ratification

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union

  • Three laws

    Congress passes three laws over johnsons vetoes( The First Reconstruction Act, The Command of the Army Act, and the Tenure of Office Act) each designed to limit the presidential power and enlarge the role of congress

  • 2nd time

    Congress enacts the Seconed Reconstruction Act

  • J. Davis

    J. Davis
    Jefferson Davis is released from prison on a bail

  • 3rd

    Congress enacts the Third Reconstruction Act

  • Impeach

    The House of Representatives vote to impeach the President

  • 4th

    Congress ecacts the Fourth Reconstruction Act

  • impeachment trial ends

    After decisions on two more charges go to Johnson impeachment trial ends in the President's acquittal

  • 14th

    The 14th Amendment becomes law after being ratified by three fourths of the states

  • U.S.G.

    U.S.G.
    Ulysses S. Grant is elected President of the United States

  • 15th

    Congress passes the 15 amendment, giving African American men the right to vote.

  • Hiram

    Hiram
    Mississippi Senator Hiram Revels becomes the first African American member of the U.S. Senate. He takes the seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis

  • Klu Klux Klan Act

    Congress passes the Third Enforcement Act, also known as the Klu Klux Klan Act, authorizing the use of military force against all such armed groups

  • R.B.H vs S.J.T

    Disputed results in the presidential election leave no clear winner between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tiden. This leads to the establishment of a special commission of 15 to examine the election results and determine a winner