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Lincoln Assasinated
Andrew Johnson becomes president. -
Slavery Abolished
13th amendment is ratified -
Black Codes Enacted in Southern States
Laws are enacted that restricts the rights of African Americans -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Confers citizenship on African Americans and guarantees equal rights. -
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Memphis Race Riot
White civilians and police kill 46 African Americans and destroy 90 houses in Memphis, TN -
Ku Klux Klan is founded
A secret organization to intimidate African Americans and restore white rule is founded in Pulaski, Tennessee. -
Reconstruction Acts
Congress divides the former Confederacy into five military districts and requires elections in which African American men can vote. -
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Johnson's Impeachment Trial
By one vote, the U.S. Senate fails to remove the president from office. -
Ulysses S. Grant elected President.
Former Union general becomes the 18th president. -
First black senator elected.
Hiram Revels of Mississippi elected to U. S. Senate as the first black senator. -
Freedmen's Bureau abolished
Helped millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted by Congress.
Guarantees equal rights to African Americans in public accommodations and jury service. Ruled unconstitutional in 1883. -
Reconstruction ends.
President Hayes withdraws federal troops from the South protecting the Civil Rights of African Americans.
