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Civil War Reconstruction

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  • Black Codes

    Black Codes
    Southern states make laws restricting African Americans rights

  • Freedman's Bureau

    Freedman's Bureau
    help emancipated slaves

  • 13th Amendment Ratified

    13th Amendment Ratified
    Abolishes slavery

  • Ku Klux Klan

    Ku Klux Klan
    Secret organization to intimidate African Americans, with the goal to restore white supremacy is formed.

  • Civil rights Act of 1866

    Civil rights Act of 1866
    African Americans gain citizenship and equal rights

  • Reconstruction Act

    Reconstruction Act
    Divides confederacy into military districts, lets African American men vote

  • Republican convention in New Orleans

    Republican convention in New Orleans
    Party platform includes equality for African-Americans.

  • Former slave elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana

    Former slave elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana
    Oscar J. Dunn

  • 14th Amendment Ratified

    14th Amendment Ratified
    Equal protection under the law to African Americans and guarantees due processes

  • First African American Senator

    First African American Senator
    Hiram Revels from Mississippi

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    All men can vote

  • Forty Second Congress

    Forty Second Congress
    5 African Americans in congress

  • Democrats control the 43rd Congress

    Democrats control the 43rd Congress
    First time since Civil War

  • Blanche Kelso elected as Senator of Mississippi

    Blanche Kelso elected as Senator of Mississippi
    He is the first African-American Senator to serve a complete six year term

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress

    Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress
    Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public