Reconstruction

Fredmen's Bureau Acts

Mar 3, 1865

This offered assistance, like medical aid and education, to freed slaves and refugees. It helped set up 40 hospitals, 4,000 schools, 61 industries, and 74 teacher- training centers.

Economic

Mar 3, 1865

The Federal Governement knew that the South needed help in making their economy better. In an effort to help the South the Federal Governement set up work programs.

Civil Rights Act

Apr 9, 1866

Granted citizenship and equal protection under law to African Americans. However, many states enacted black codes that restricted African Americans severly.

Reconstruction Act

Mar 2, 1867

This abloished governments formed in the former Confederate states. This also divided the states into five military districts and set up requirments for readmission to the Union.

Society

Apr 1, 1868

Many slaves were not able to read or write so schools were opened in an effort to help them learn. One college Hampton Institure in Hampton, Virgina was founded for African Americans.

Fourteenth Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

This made all people, born or naturalized in the United States citizens. It also made sure that citizens would be able to vote or they would lose a percentage of their congressional seats.

The Fifteenth Amendment

Mar 30, 1870

Stated that states could not keep anyone from because of face, color, or previous condition of servitude. The reason this amendment was ratifyed was because Radicals feared that pro- Confederate Southern whites might try to limit black suffrage.

Enforcement Act

May 31, 1870

Thir protected the voting rights for African Americans and gave the federal government power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. This also helped the federal governement make the states follow the Fifteenth Amendment because many states denied it.