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Freedmen's Bureau Created
This organization was created to aid blacks who would soon be freedmen. It was meant to be a temporary agency to last until the end of the Civil War and a year after. The Freedmen's Bureau educated freedmen and helped them find jobs. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln's presidency ended when he was assassinated in Ford's Theatre in Washington. His killer, John Wilkes Booth, was an actor. His vice president, Andrew Johnson, became president. -
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Black Codes
The black codes were state laws passed in the South that restricted African Americans and kept them from their unalienable rights. Mississippi was the first state to pass a black code. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 found black codes unconstitutional. -
13th Amendment Ratified
This amendment ended slavery. It was the official start of Reconstruction. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed to protect the rights of African Americans. It was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, a former slave owner, twice. He didn't think that blacks were equal to whites. Congress passed this act over his veto. -
Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
This act split the South into five districts. The districts had to get rid of the black codes and ratify the 14th Amendment before the troops would leave. The districts were Virginia; Carolina; Alabama, Georgia and Florida; Arkansas and Mississippi; and Texas and Louisiana. Tennessee was already accepted into the Union by the time that this act was passed so it wasn't put into a district. -
14th Amendment
This amendment was the second amendment passed during Reconstruction. It was made to protect the citizenship rights of a person regardless of age, race, gender, color, religion, etc. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment was the third and final amendment passed during Reconstruction. It prohibits the government from denying a citizen their right to votebased on race, color or previous condition of servitude. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
This act assured that African Americans would receive equal treatment with whites in public places. It was later found unconstitutional in 1883. -
Compromise of 1877
This compromise was Rutherford B. Hayes's agreement to pull the troops from the South in exchange for being elected. White, Southern Democrats voted for him. Once he was elected, he fulfilled his promise and withdrew the troops from the South. The South went back to the way it used to be, except without slavery.
