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Chronological Reasoning for Chapter 16

Question

This chronology lists significant historical events covered in the chapter but not all of them are directly related. To complete this activity, select three to five events and write a creative, paragraph-length story that explains how these events are connected, what happened, and why it matters.

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CHRONOLOGY

1863	Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.
1864	Lincoln refuses to sign Wade-Davis bill.
1865	Freedmen’s Bureau established. Lincoln assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president. Black codes enacted. Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of Constitution.
1866	Congress approves Fourteenth Amendment. Civil Rights Act. American Equal Rights Association founded. Ku Klux Klan founded.
1867	Military Reconstruction Act. Tenure of Office Act.
1868	Impeachment trial of President Johnson. Ulysses S. Grant elected president.
1869	Congress approves Fifteenth Amendment.
1871	Ku Klux Klan Act.
1872	Liberal Party formed. President Grant reelected.
1873	Economic depression sets in. Slaughterhouse cases. Colfax massacre.
1874	Democrats win majority in House of Representatives.
1875	Civil Rights Act.
1876	United States v. Cruikshank.
1877	Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president; Reconstruction era ends.