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The Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency established on March 3, 1865 just before the end of the Civil War, during the Reconstruction Era.
● Perform relief work for both black and white poor people in war-stricken areas in the South
● The regulation of conditions of freedmen (black) labor
● The administration of justice in cases concerning the black freedmen -
President Lincoln is Assassinated
President Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth.The president after him Andrew Johnson. -
The 13th Amendment is Passed
The 13th Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal in the United States. It was adopted as part of the Constitution on December 6, 1865. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 detailed the rights of all U.S. citizens, including the right to buy and sell property, engage in business, make contracts, sue and give evidence in court. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was an important step in the struggle for equality. -
Ku Klux Klan
The goal of the original Ku Klux Klan was to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain "white supremacy." -
Military Reconstruction Acts
They wanted to punish the South, and to prevent the ruling class from continuing in power. -
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Trial
House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States resolved to impeach Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. President Andrew Johnson had to answer 12 articles of Impeachment and was acquitted in the Senate by one vote less than the two-thirds necessary to remove him and was allowed to continue his term of office. -
Election of Ulysses Grant
His fame as a war hero propelled him into the White House where his presidency was marred by scandals.Grant fought for the civil rights of both African Americans and Native Americans. He pushed for the passage of the 15th Amendment, giving the right of all men to vote regardless of race, color, or whether they were former slaves. He also signed a bill that allowed persons of African descent to become U.S. citizens. -
14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment is an amendment to the United States Constitution that was adopted in 1868. It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War. -
15th Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment protects the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race or the color of their skin.
The Fifteenth Amendment was added to protect the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race. -
Reconstruction ends
The Reconstruction officially ended under the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877. He removed the federal troops from the South and the state governments took over. Unfortunately, many of the changes to equal rights were immediately reversed.