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Abraham Lincoln Announces Plans for Reconstruction
LINCOLN RECONSTRUCTION
After the war, Lincoln wanted to restore the country to how it had been before the war and not punish the South too harshly. He proposed the 10% Plan stating that when 10% of the voters within a particular state who participated in the 1860 election had taken an oath of loyalty to the U.S and agree to emancipation, that state could launch a new government and send representatives to Congress. -
Wade-Davis Bill Recieves Pocket Veto
WADE-DAVIS
The Wade-Davis Bill was written by the Radical Republicans as a proposition for Reconstruction. It was passed by the Senate and Congress, but was pocket vetoed and never was put into action. -
Lincoln Re-Elected President
LINCOLN REELECTED
In the election of 1864, Republican Abraham Lincoln ran with Democrat Andrew Johnson against Democrat George McClellan. The chances of Lincoln's re-election seemed slim until Grant and Sherman's victories in the South. By election day, Lincoln had won all states but New Jersey, Jentuckey, and Delaware. He won 55% of the popular vote and 212 electoral votes. -
Formation of the Freedman's Bureau
FREEDMAN'S BUREAU
The Freedman's Bureau was created to protect the newly free blacks in the South. It also helped them get jobs and ensure they got equal pay for their work. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
ABE LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
On the night of April 14, 1865, Abraham Licoln went to the theater to see the play Our American Cousin. John Wilkes Booth, an actor who among others had been plotting against Lincoln, walked into Lincoln's viewing box and locked the door. He then shot Lincoln in the head and jumped out of the box on the stage. catching his spur along the way and breaking his ankle. -
President Andrew Johnson Announces Plans for Reconstruction
ANDREW JOHNSON RECONSTRUCTION
Johnson's plan for Reconstruction was much like Lincoln's Ten Percent plan in that it was not too hard on the South and made Southern integration back into the country smooth. The Radical Republicans disagreed with it though, thinking it was not harsh enough. -
Black Codes Created in Mississippi
MISSISSIPPI BLACK CODES
The Black Codes were laws used to control the civil rights and equalities of black people. The laws were about employment, the right to vote and other such liberties. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
13th AMENDMENT
The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude, except for criminal punishment. -
Ku Klux Klan Created
KKK CREATED
The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, was the U.S's first terrorist group. They dressed in long white robes and hoods and harassed, tortured, kidnapped, and even killed African Americans and planting burning crosses in their yards. -
Civil Rights Act (1866) Enacted
CIVIL RIGHTS 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson but was passed by Congress anyway. It was created to protect civil liberties for African Americans after the Civil War. -
Reconstruction Acts Enacted
RECONSTRUCTION ACTS
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 spearated the South into 5 districts, each governed by a northern general. It required states to allow all qualified male voters to vote and guarantee equal rights to all citizens and ratify the 14th amendment. -
President Andrew Johnson Impeached
JOHNSON IMPEACHED
Andrew Johnson was unpopular with Congress, because he did not want to punsih the South like they did. He vetoed almost every act they tried to pass, and they just passed them anyway. Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act which prohibited him from firing any official who had been placed in office by the Senate. -
Ratification of the 14th Amendment
14th AMENDMENT
The 14th Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, said that states can't deprive peopel of their natural rights or make any laws taking away from these rights. It also made slaves citizens of states and the U.S. -
Ulysses S. Grant Elected President
US GRANT ELECTED PRESIDENT
U.S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States and while in office, he destroyed the KKK, led the Radical Republicans in eliminating Confederate nationalism and worked towards African American equality. -
Hiram Revels Elected to Senate
HIRAM ELECTED
Hiram Revels was the first African American man to serve in the U.S Senate and Congress. -
Ratification of the 15th Amendment
15th AMENDMENTThe 15th Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to all citizens, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Klu Klux Klan Act Enacted
KKK ENACTED
The Klu Klux Klan Act of 1871 was created to end the KKK. It suspended the writ of habeas corpus to break up the Klan and helped people who had be deprived of their civil rights by the KKK -
Freedmen's Bureau Abolishdfsdfs
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
After protecting and helping African Americans after the Civil War, the Freedmen's Bureau was disbanded by the Secretary of War. -
Civil Rights Act (1875) Passed
CIVIL RIGHTS 1875
The Civil Rights Act guaranteed everyone, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, the same treatment at public accommodations, including ferries, theaters, or other places of entertainment. -
"Jim Crow" Enters the American Cultural Language
JIM CROW
The Jim Crow laws were created to enforce segregation. The facilities and accomodations for black people were infrerior to those for white people and were a way to dscriminate against black people. -
Rutherford B. Hayes Elected President
RUTHERFORD HAYES
Rutherford B, Hayes beat Samuel tilden in the 19th presidential election, despite getting less electoral votes. He oversaw the end of Reconstruction. -
Last National Troops Leave South Carolina
TROOPS LEAVE SC
The national troops were removed from the South due to the election of Republican Hayes and a compromise made regarding the two. -
Civil Rights Act Overturned (1883)
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OVERTURNED
In 1883, the Court declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional because of the 13th and 14th amendments. The act dealt with individual discrimination and not on the state level. -
Florida Requires Segregation in Places of Public Accommodation
FLORIDA SEGREGATION
Florida was the first state to require segregation in places of public accommodation. They also passed laws about voting, preventing most African Americans from being able to vote. -
Case of Plessy v. Ferguson
PLESSY V. FERGUSON
Louisianna passed the Separate Car Act, segregating white people from other people in separate train cars. Homer Plessy decided to test the law by sitting in the white car even though he was black. He went to court and the case eventually reached the Supreme Court, where the law was decided to be constitutional because separate was still equal.
