Reconstruction Timeline

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  • Black Codes Enacted

    Black Codes Enacted
    laws passed in the South restricting African American freedom and forcing them to work in a labor based economy for low wages

  • Civil Rights Act Of 1866

    Civil Rights Act Of 1866
    The Civil Rights Act gave everyone the chance at a citizenship and affirmed that everyone is equally protected by the law.

  • Reconstruction Acts

    Reconstruction Acts
    These acts, such as the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, re-admitted Southern states into the Union by giving African Americans equal rights

  • Fourteenth Amendment Ratified

    Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
    A bill giving people born in the U.S and former slaves a citizenship

  • Fifteenth Amendment Ratification

    Fifteenth Amendment Ratification
    This amendment gave African American men the right to vote