Reconstruction
1. 1863
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
2. 1865
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
3. 1866
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
4. 1867
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
5. 1868
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
6. 1869
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
7. 1870
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
8. 1875
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states
9. 1877
-------- Military Reconstruction Acts divide the South into military districts Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president; Ku Klux Klan formed; Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment Congress passes Fourteenth Amendment Congress passes Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in public accommodations, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 1883 Republicans and southern Democrats reach compromise resulting in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and the end of Reconstruction Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson impeached Civilian rule reestablished in all former Confederate states