RECONSTRUCTION
1. 1863
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
2. 1865
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
3. 1866
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
4. 1867
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
5. 1869
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
6. 1871
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
7. 1872
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
8. 1873
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
9. 1876
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre
10. 1877
-------- Reconstruction era ends Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment; Ku Klux Klan founded Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Liberal Party formed United States v. Cruikshank Freedmen’s Bureau established; Lincoln assassinated; black codes enacted; Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution. Ku Klux Klan Act Military Reconstruction Act Slaughterhouse cases; Colfax massacre