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The Freedmen’s Bureau.
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was an important agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.
The Freedmen's Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance. -
President Lincoln is Assassinated.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Andre Johnson became the 17th President. -
The 13th Amendment is Passed.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, -
Ku Klux Klan.
Its goal was to restore white supremacy and give republicans out of power. They tried to prevent African Americans from exercising their political rights. -
Military Reconstruction Acts.
The Congress wanted to punish the South, and to prevent the ruling class from continuing in power. They passed the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867, which divided the South into five military districts and outlined how the new governments would be designed. -
Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial.
The primary charge against Johnson was that he had violated the Tenure of office Act, passed by Congress in March 1867 over Johnson´s veto. The primary charge against Johnson was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act. He had removed from office Edwin Stanton, the secretary of war whom the act was largely designed to protect. -
Election of Ulysses S. Grant.
The unprecedented way that Grant ran his cabinet, in a military style rather than civilian, contributed to the scandals. Grant signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, ending separation in public accommodations and more. -
14th Amendment.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
15th Amendment.
The 15th Amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote. Almost immediately after ratification, African Americans began to take part in running for office and voting. -
Reconstruction Ends.
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of the Republican Rutherford Hayes to settle the result of the 1876 presidential election and marked the end of the Reconstruction era.
