Chapter 17

By AralynF

  • Congress established the Freedmen's Bureau

    Congress established the Freedmen's Bureau
    Freedman's Bureau-an agency providing relief for freed people and certain poor people in the south.

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

  • the 13th Amendment is ratified

    the 13th Amendment is ratified
    thirteenth amendment-this amendment made slavery illegal throughout the United States.

  • States started to pass Black Codes while the Union continues to debate the rules for restoration.

    States started to pass Black Codes while the Union continues to debate the rules for restoration.
    Black Codes-laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is passed

    The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is passed
    Civil Rights Act of 1866-This act provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans.

  • The 14th Amendment is passed

    The 14th Amendment is passed
    1. it defined all people born or naturalized within the United States, except Native Americans, as citizens
    2. it guaranteed citizens the equal protection of the laws
    3. it said that states could not "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
    4. it banned many former Confederate officials from holding state or federal court review
    5. it made state laws subject to federal court review
    6. it gave congress the power to pass any laws needed to enforce it

  • the Ku Klux Klan was created

    the Ku Klux Klan was created
    Ku Klux Klan- This secret society opposed civil rights, particularly suffrage, for African Americans.

  • Congress passed the first Reconstruction Acts.

    Congress passed the first Reconstruction Acts.
    Reconstruction Acts- these laws divided the South into 5 districts.

  • The House of Reps tried to impeach president Andrew Johnson

    The House of Reps tried to impeach president Andrew Johnson
    impeach-the process used by a legislative body to bring charges of a wrongdoing against a public official.

  • Ulysses S Grant elected as president in the Election of 1868

    Ulysses S Grant elected as president in the Election of 1868

  • congress proposed the 15th amendment

    congress proposed the 15th amendment
    15th amendment-gave African American men the right to vote

  • Rutherford B Hayes won the Election of 1876 by one vote

    Rutherford B Hayes won the Election of 1876 by one vote

  • the Compromise of 1877 is put to action

    the Compromise of 1877 is put to action
    Compromise of 1877-the Democrats agreed to accept Hay's Victory. In return, they wanted all remaining federal troops removed from the South.

  • Jim Crow Laws are passed

    Jim Crow Laws are passed
    Jim Crow Laws-Laws that enforced segregation

  • Supreme Court delt with Plessy v. Ferguson

    Supreme Court delt with Plessy v. Ferguson
    Plessy v. Ferguson- Segregation was allowed said the court, if "separate-but-equal" facilities were provided.