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Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was the first large scale bureau to give food, job, clothing, etc. This Bureau's goal was to provide relief for white and black southerners. -
Civil War Ends
The Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to the confederate general Ulysses S. Grant in the Appomattox Courthouse. The end of the Civil War led to black people having more freedom. -
Lincoln Assassinated
In April, John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. After the assassination, Andrew Johnson became the president. -
13th Amendment Ratified
The abolishment of slavery all over the United States. Some black people didn't have their citizenship still. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act gave African Americans the same rights as Whites. Andrew Johnson vetoed the Act, but Congress passed it. -
Memphis Race Riots
Members of the white majority attacked black residents of Memphis Tennesse. Resulting in 5 women being raped, 46 black people murdered mostly were of the Union veterans, 12 churches and 4 schools burned. -
New Orleans Race Riots
The enactment of Black Codes caused the New Orleans Race Riots. White delegates joined by Black veterans of the Civil War in New Orleans to fight for black men to have the right to vote. New Orleans police were full of fear that the state would fall from the control of whites and attacked the gathering between the black veterans and white delegates. -
2nd Reconstruction Act
The 2nd Reconstruction Act told that the military commanders to hold the responsibility to register voters and hold elections in their territories. The act also stated that the voter is required to recite the registration oath promising their support to the constitution and their obedience to the law. -
1st Reconstruction Act
The 1st Reconstruction Act laid out the process of which the southern states would be readmitted to the Union. It told the southern states to provide former slaves with citizenship, and black men the right to vote. -
3rd Reconstruction Act
The 3rd reconstruction act demands that the confederates are separated into 5 districts under the rule of a Union general. All the confederate states were to follow this act except Tennessee which never was under military power. -
4th Reconstruction Act
The black people of the United States could vote. The right of voting occurred because the 4th reconstruction told the states not to limit voting rights because of a citizens' race. -
14th Amendment Ratified
The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. Guarteened Due Process, and all citizens have equal protection under the law. -
Grant Elected President
Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to victory against the Confederates in the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was later elected as the 18th president of the U.S and worked to carry out the Constitution Reconstruction and remove the bit of slavery left in the U.S. -
1st Black Senator Elected
The first black senator was Hiram Revels. Hiram Revels represented Mississippi. -
15th Amendment Ratified
The reconstruction acts only gave the right to vote for southern black men. But in the 15th amendment, no citizen was denied the right to vote because of the race, color, and previous condition of servitude. -
1st Black Governor Elected
The first African American governor was P.B.S Pinchback. P.B.S represented Louisiana. Louisiana was recoreded to be where the most lynching happened after the Reconstruction Era. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared that African Americans could go to many facilities such as theatres, bathrooms, restaurants, etc. It also allowed African Americans to own land freely. -
Compromise of 1876
The Compromise of 1876 was an informal agreement between southern Democrats and allies of Republican Rutherford Hayes. The Compromise of 1876 caused the reconstruction era to end. -
Reconstruction Ends
The reconstruction ends in 1877 after the compromise fo 1867. The civil rights of African Americans were not kept.
