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1865
Thirteenth Amendment was approved in January. Ratified in December and abolished slavery In the United States. -
1865
Congress established Freedmen's Bureau in March to provide assistance to the emancipated slaves. -
1865
Assassination of President Lincoln, April 15. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president. -
1865
The civil war ended.Although the rivalry between the north and the south had continued on makimg the effort to end slavery much harder. -
1866
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution approved by Congress. The 14th amendment granted citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
1866
Civil Rights Act passed despite Johnson's veto. The civil right act allowed all people in the United States their Civil Rights and liberties, and furnish the Means of their Vindication. -
1866
Freedmen's Bureau responsibilities and powers expanded by Congress. Legislation is vetoed by Johnson but Congress overrides his veto. -
1868
Ulysses S. Grant is elected president. To sever four years during this reconstruction era making this his first term in presidency. -
1868
Fourteenth Amendment ratified. Entitles all persons born or naturalized in the United States to citizenship and equal protection under the laws of the United States. -
1868
James J. Harris and P.B.S. Pinchback are the first African American delegates to a Republican convention. They support the nomination of Ulysses S. Grant for president. -
1870
Fifteenth Amendment ratified. The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave the vote to all male citizens regardless of color or previous condition of servitude. -
1872
Ulysses S. Grant was reelected to serve another forur years. Thus making this his second term during the reconstruction era for eight years. -
1873
Financial panic lead to an economic depression.The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 until 1879, and even longer in some countries. -
1873
The civil rights act of 1873 outlawed racial discrimination in public services. It also ensured the rights to Africa Americans to join as jurors. -
1877
Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated as president and ends reconstruction. As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War and Reconstruction.
