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Reconstruction Era Timeline - Coggle Diagram
Reconstruction Era Timeline
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The 13th Amendment is Passed
President Lincoln is Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth Assassinated President Lincoln
After Lincoln's Assassination, Andrew Johnson became president
The Freedmen's Bureau
Was made to help and protect freed slaves when they were just being freed
Gave African Americans food, shelter, education, safety, etc
The 13th Amendment freed the slaves and made it illegal to have slaves in the US
The Civil Rights act of 1866 gave the rights to buy and sell land to African Americans
Military Reconstruction Acts
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Trial
14th Amendment
Election of Ulysses S. Grant
15th Amendment
Reconstruction Ends
The house of Reps. decided to impeach Pres. Johnson because of high crimes and misdemeanors
He was one vote off of being removed from office
The Union sent the military down to the south to make sure the south was listening to and to force the rules that were made to help African Americans
The south was separated into 5 military districts
