Reconstruction Era

The primary goal of the Reconstruction Era was to reunite the North and South after the American Civil War and to restore the Union.

The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

The Freedmen's Bureau was a federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to freed slaves and refugees during the Reconstruction Era.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, just days after the end of the American Civil War.

The policy that allowed former Confederate states to rejoin the Union was called Readmission.

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves.

The National Equal Rights League was an organization formed by African Americans in 1864 to promote their civil rights during the Reconstruction Era.

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, prohibited states from depriving citizens of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was a federal law that prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and transportation.

The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibited states from denying citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

The Enforcement Act of 1870 was a federal law that provided federal troops to enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments.

Andrew Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

The Ku Klux Klan was an organization formed by white Southerners to resist Reconstruction.

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing slaves in Confederate territory.

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 divided the South into military districts.