Reconstruction

  • Freedmen’s Bureau founded

    White Northerners went to the south to help former slaves and poor whites
  • Period: to

    Black Codes

    The Black Codes were created by Southerners to limit the rights of the Freedmen. African Americans couldn't vote, own a gun, or serve on juries.
  • 13th Amendment

    Ended Slavery
  • 14th amendment

    All American citizens are able to vote
  • Ku Klux Klan Act

    Took away African Americans rights by using Terror Tactics