Civil Rights

By griffin.riney

  • Abraham Lincolns Election

    Abraham Lincolns Election
    Abraham Lincold was elected.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the bill that officially freed all slaves.

  • Abes Successor

    Abes Successor
    Andrew Johnson took the presidential seat after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    The 13th Amendment, passed in 1865, officiallly ended slavery.

  • Ku Klux Klan was Formed

    Ku Klux Klan was Formed
    The first 2 branches of the KKK were fromed in Pulaski, Tennessee and the first Grand Wizard was Nathan Forrest. The clan was formed by Confederates to get revenge on blacks.

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    The 14th Amendment stated that all persons born or naturalized in the United States which included slaves.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    The 15th was passed on this day to grant african americans the right to vote.

  • Election of 1876

    Election of 1876
    Rutherford B. Hayes was elected over Samuel J. Tilden.

  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws
    Started segregation bye seperating blacks and whites in buses, restauraunts, hotels, etc.

  • Civil Rights Cases of 1883

    Civil Rights Cases of 1883
    In 1883, the court decided that the Civil Rights Acts of 1875 were unconstitutional. The decided that neither the 13th and 14th amendment empowered congress to legislate in matters of racial descrimination.