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Andrew Johnson Becomes President
Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's Vice President, becomes President after Lincoln is assassinated -
13th Amendment Ratification
The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation -
Johnson Impeachment
After attempting to fire Secretary of War Edward Stanton, who barricaded himself inside his own office for two months, the House of Representatives impeached him. However, they were unsuccessful at getting him removed from office. -
14th Amendment Ratification
The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified. -
Presidential Election of 1868
Republican candidate Ulysses S. Grant runs against the Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour. Grant wins the election and becomes president. -
15th Amendment is Passed
The Fifteenth Amendment, forbidding any state from denying suffrage on the grounds of race, color, religion, or previous condidtion of servitude is passed. -
The Enforcement Acts
Laws created to protect the newly earned rights of African Americans. The final part was instated in 1871 -
Presidential Election of 1872
The candidates are Ulysses S. Grant from the Republican Party and Horace Greeley from the Liberal Republican Party. Even though his first term was quite scandalous, Grant is reelected for a second term. -
Panic of 1873
A financial crisis that caused a world-wide depression -
Union Troops Withdrawn
The last of the Union troops are withdrawn from the South. -
Presidential election of 1876
In the election of 1876, Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden ran against Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. Samuel J. Tilden clearly won the popular vote, but after disputed electoral votes were resolved, Hayes ended up winning the Presidency. -
Compromise of 1877
The compromise of 1877 settled the dispute regarding the electon of 1876, removed Union troops from the South, and ended reconstruction -
Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson
A court case between Plessy and Ferguson. This court case began the segregation that existed until MLK and was called "Seperate, but equal".
