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Reconstruction Legislation and Congressional Reconstruction (1865–1877)

Reconstruction Legislation and Congressional Reconstruction (1865–1877)

  1. Freedmen’s Bureau created to aid emancipation

    Labels: Freedmen s, Congress

  2. Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery nationwide

    Labels: Thirteenth Amendment, United States

  3. Congress enacts Civil Rights Act of 1866

    Labels: Civil Rights, Congress

  5. Freedmen’s Bureau extended over Johnson’s veto

    Labels: Freedmen s, President Andrew

  6. First Reconstruction Act establishes military districts

    Labels: First Reconstruction, Military Districts

  7. Tenure of Office Act limits presidential removals

    Labels: Tenure of, Congress

  8. Supplementary Reconstruction Act sets voting procedures

    Labels: Supplementary Reconstruction, Elections

  10. Senate acquits Johnson, preserving his presidency

    Labels: Senate, Andrew Johnson

  11. Fourteenth Amendment ratified into Constitution

    Labels: Fourteenth Amendment, United States

  12. Fifteenth Amendment ratified to protect Black male suffrage

    Labels: Fifteenth Amendment, United States

  13. Enforcement Act of 1870 expands federal voting protections

    Labels: Enforcement Act, Congress

  14. Ku Klux Klan Act strengthens federal power against terror

    Labels: Ku Klux, Congress

  15. Civil Rights Act of 1875 becomes last major Reconstruction statute

    Labels: Civil Rights, Congress

  16. Compromise of 1877 ends federal Reconstruction enforcement

    Labels: Compromise of, Rutherford B