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civil war ends
Confederate bombarded the Union Soldier at Fort Sumter. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant -
13th Amendment Ratified
Formally abolished slavery in the united states. Lincoln issued the proclamation emancipation. -
Freedmen's Bureau
Freedmen's Bureau was to give blacks education but newly freed slaves were denied education many could not read or write. American Missionary Association started blacks School Union held in south areas. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Booth initially killed Abraham Lincoln. He was killed in the Petersen House and after his killing it immediately brought a tourist attraction. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
declared that every person doesn't matter what race, color, or previous condition has citizenship. Was passed by congress -
Memphis Race Riots
46 African Americans died while only 2 whites died. The violence started political and racial tensions followed by the civil war -
New Orleans Race Riots
White DemocratsTargeted Republicans but mainly blacks. The enactment of blacks codes in Louisiana -
1st Reconstruction Act
Southern states readmitting to the Union and following the Civil War. Gave former slaves national citizenships. -
2nd Reconstruction Act
The responsibility of registering voters and hold elections in their territory. To reinforce the legislation. -
3rd Reconstruction Act
Gave supreme power to the five union generals. Each district included several former states of the Confederacy, with the exception of Tennessee, which was never under military rule. -
4th Reconstruction Act
ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the Fifteenth Amendment. Giving blacks men the right to vote -
14th Amendment Ratified
This grants all people citizenship,"all persons born or naturalized in the United States". which also allows former slaves that just been freed after the civil war. -
Grant Elected President
He was the 18th president from 1869-1877. Before he was president he was apart of the Union Army as Commanding General of the United States Army in winning the American Civil War. -
1st Black Senator Elected
Hiram Revels was elected during the reconstruction era. He only served for a year, then became the president of a hbcu -
15th Amendment Ratified
Granted African American men the rights to vote. whites didn't like the fact that blacks can vote. -
1st Black Govern Elected
P.B.S Pinchback was the first African American to be elected. He was a apart of the Union Army, and served as the 24th Govern of Louisiana. -
Civil Rights Act 1875
Giving Blacks equal rights for transportation and public accommodation. violations against African Americans. -
Compromise of 1877
Unwritten deal arranged for the U.S congressmen. Federal Government pulling the last southern troops to end the reconstruction. -
Reconstruction Ends
Reconstruction goes down hill under the white rule. Hayes ends the reconstruction By takin the last south troops and bayonet-backed Republican governments collapsed
