Leading Up to the Compromise of 1877

By mollyromeros

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    On January 31, 1865 Congress passed the 13th amendment to abolish slavery.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    April 9, 1866 the Civil Rights Act was the first federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are protected by the law equally.

  • Reconstruction Acts

    Reconstruction Acts
    In 1867 Reconstructions Acts outlined the conditions under which the Southern states would be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    July 9, 1868 the fourteenth amendment was ratified. It extended full citizenship to all African Americans. including former slaves who were then freed.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    February 3, 1870 the fifteenth amendment was ratified. It granted all African Americans the right to vote.

  • Financial Panic

    Financial Panic
    In 1873 financial panic created a crisis that lead to an economic depression. This financial panic lasted from 1873 until 1877.

  • President

    President
    Rutherford B. Hayes became the nineteenth President of the United States.His presidency was from 1877 until 1881.

  • Reconstruction Ends

    Reconstruction Ends
    The reconstruction era lasted from 1863 until 1877. Reconstruction ends after Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President. It was a significant time for american civil rights.