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Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln is assassinated and vice president Andrew Johnson becomes President -
Black Codes
Southern states enact laws restricting rights of African Americans.
Blacks still didn't have any rights and the reconstruction started off on a rocky start. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Confers citizenship on African Americans and guarantees equal rights.
African Americans are stating to become equal and the reconstruction is heading in the right direction -
Memphis Race Riot
White civilians and police kill 46 African Americans and destroy 90 houses, schools, and four churches in Memphis, Tennessee.
This made the reconstruction look as if it wasn't working (which it wasn't) -
New Orleans Race Riot
Police kill more than 40 black and white Republicans and wound more than 150.
The reconstruction still wasn't working according to plan -
Ku Klux Klan
A secret organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule is founded in Pulaski, Tennessee.
When the KKK was founded it made the reconstruction take a turn for the worse. -
Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
Guarantees due process and equal protection under the law to African Americans.
The reconstruction is back to working again. But many don't know if it will last -
Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated President & Reconstruction ends
Rutherford becomes president and withdraws federal troops from the South protecting the Civil Rights of African Americans.
This caused the Reconstruction to end.
