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13th Amendment Ratified
The 13th amendment ratified of 1865 was the passing of amendment 13 which formally abolished slavery . On January 31 the U.S constitution ended slavery and any forms involuntary labor anywhere in the United States of America -
Freedmen's Bureau
The freeman's bureau was known as the bureau of refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was established by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War -
civil war ends
The Civil war started when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. The Civil war ended 1865 because Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. -
Lincoln Assassinated
America’s 16th president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 15,1965 at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. around 10:15 p.m. . John Wilkes Booth ,a Confederate sympathizer was most famously recognized for the crime. -
The Memphis Race Riot
The Memphis Race Riot in the U.S. was an attack by the whites on majority of black residents . This attack included raping or women , murders and the burning of schools . -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights act declared that all people born in the United States were now citizens. It no longer mattered what race or what color ones skin was. -
New Orleans Race Riots
The New Orleans Race Riot was white violence directed against black urban dwellers. This attack not only included those of the African American population,law enforcement also participated in this riot. -
1st Reconstruction act
The bills were largely written by the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress.Reconstruction Acts, U.S. legislation enacted in 1867–68 that outlined the conditions under which the Southern states would be readmitted to the Union. -
2nd Reconstruction Act
The Second Reconstruction Act supplemented the First Reconstruction Act. It established and clarified that the military commanders held responsibility to register voters and hold elections in their territories. -
3rd reconstruction act
the third reconstruction act gave the 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
rage and fear erupted into violence. And also black churches and schools was burned. -
14th Amendment Ratified
The14th amendment permitted the citizenship and equal rights to African Americans, slaves and, former slaves who had been emancipated after the Civil War. -
Grant Elected President
In the first election of the Reconstruction Era Grant defeated Horatio Seymour of the Democratic Party. Grant led the Union Army as Commanding General of the United States Army. -
15 Amendment Ratified
The 15th amendment of 1870 allowed for African American men to be granted voting rights . This amendment protects the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race or the color of their skin, this amendment didn’t including women of any race. -
1st Black Senator Elected
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve, he was elected by the Mississippi State Legislature. -
1st Black Governor Elected
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
He won the election to Louisiana State Senate in 1868 and became the president of pro tempore of the state senate. Pinchback stayed in New Orleans after the Civil War and becoming active in Republican politics. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
This is the bill that guaranteed all citizens, regardless of color, access to accommodations, theatres, public schools, churches, and cemeteries. This bill gave people their rights. -
Compromise of 1876
The compromise 1876 was an unwritten deal. The United States federal government pulled the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era. -
The End of Reconstruction
The Republicans had given up their fight for racial equality and blacks rights in the south. Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the south
