Reconstruction 1865-1877

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  • The Freedman's Bureau

    The Freedman's Bureau
    The freedman's Bureau was a government agency initially established under Lincoln's war powers. Also, it helped freedmen to get educated, management of abandoned and confiscated property, and administration of justice

  • President Lincoln is Assassinated

    President Lincoln is Assassinated
    John Wikes Booth assasinated Abriham lincoln, and after his assasination Andrew Jackson, the vice president, became president.

  • The 13th Amendment is Passed

    The 13th Amendment is Passed
    The 13th Amendment is that slavery is illegal in the United States

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

    Civil Rights Act of 1866
    The Civil Rights Act of 1866 protected slaves or exslaves(freedman) from legislation in the Southern States such as the Black Codes and the Vagrancy Laws.

  • Ku Klux Klan

    Ku Klux Klan
    The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain white supremacy.

  • Military Reconstruction Acts

    Military Reconstruction Acts
    Congress passed the Military Reconstruction Acts because they wanted to punish the South and to prevent the ruling class from continuing in power

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial

    Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial
    The House of Repressenetives empeached President Johnseon for his high crimes and misdemeanors. The thing that kept Johnson from not being removed from office was the one Senate vote that was 2/3 neccesary to remove him. A fact during the impreachment of Andrew Jackson was that the president replaced several generals who command the 5 military districts established by the Reconstruction Acts.

  • Election of Ulysses S. Grant

    Election of Ulysses S. Grant
    Ulysses S. Grant’s presidency was marked with scandals because most of the people in his administrationwere crooks who stole from the government and it caused the stock market crash and making people lose their jobs.

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    The 14th Amendment is that it grants citizenship and wqual rights and legal rights to Aftrican Americans and enslaved.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    The 15th amendment is that it protects voting rights to all citizens regardless of race or the color of your skin.

  • Reconstruction Ends

    Reconstruction Ends
    The reconstruction was to help the South become part of the Union again.