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wade-davis bill
An unsuccessful to set Reconstruction policies before the end of the Civil War. -
13 amendment
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passes the Senate. -
freeman's bureau
This was established to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. -
Lee surrenders to grant
near the town of Appomattox court house Robert lee surrenders to grant. -
Lincoln assasination
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
The formation of the KKK
Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. -
civil rights act of 1866
This act defined citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. -
military reconstruction act
These acts divided the south into five military districts -
Tenure of office act
This did not allow the President to remove any federal officeholder appointed by senate and without the advice and consent of the Senate -
Johnson impeached
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson for the rupture of ideologies after the civil war. -
14th amendment
The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States". -
Ulysses S Grant elected
Ulysses S Grant wins the 1868 election against horatio seymour -
15th amendment
This granted African American men the right to vote. -
credit mobiler scandal
Major stockholders in the Union Pacific Railroad formed a company, the Crédit Mobilier of America, and gave it contracts to build the railroad. They sold or gave shares in this construction to influential congressmen. -
compromise of 1877
This resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.
