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wade davis bill pocket veto
bill proposed for the reconstruction of the south by two radical republicans -
formation of freedmans bureau
sponsored by the republicans to help white refugee's -
lincol re elected
abraham lincoln re elected against mcclean -
assassination of abraham lincoln
american civil war was drwaing to an end . five days before robert e lee surrendered to grant at appomattox courthouse. actor john wilkes booth went to lincoln's balcony seat and shot him in the back of the head -
lincoln announces plans for reconstrucion
lincoln and his associates had questions on what to do with the southern leaders and the states -
andrew johnson announces plan for reconstruction
left to devise a plan for reconstruction without help from congress -
ratification of the thirteenth amendment
the paper was sent to state legislature the northerners quickly ratified it -
ku klux klan created
six well educated confederate soldiers created the klan in pulaski tennesee -
black codes created in mississippi
first state to create black codes -
civil rights enacted
lymann trumbull was a sponsor of the civil rights and he argued that congress had the power to enact it -
ratification of the fourteenth amendment
all the southern states except tennesse refused to ratify the amendment -
reconstruction acts enacted
four statutes passed by congress -
president andrew johnson impeached
one of the most dramatic events in political life of reconstruction for a sitting president -
ulysses s. grant elected president
18th president of the united states who was a general in the second half of the civivl war -
ratification of the fifteenth amendment
grant forced congress to ratify or he would have a black democracy -
Hiram Revels elected to the senate
first person as an african american elected to the united states senate -
civil rights act overturned 1883
congress turned down the civil rights act -
Ku klux klan enacted
restricted the first wave of people who created the klan -
national troops
south carolina troops leave the union -
freedmans bureau abolished
freedmans bureau lost most of its support and was forced to cut most of its staff and was abolished by president grant -
rutherford b. hayes elected president
oversaw the end of reconstruction and was the 19th president of the united states -
civil rights act (1875) passed
guaranteed african americans the right to go to theater and restaurants that they couldn't go before to -
florida segregation
due to racial concerns african americans migrated form florida to northern cities -
jim crow enters the american cultural language
state and local laws in the united states enacted in 1876 -
plessey vs ferguson
court case that involved seperate train carts for black and whites
