Events
Dred Scott Case 1857
The Supreme Court ruled against
Dred Scott saying not only
was he a slave for being in a slave state, but also that he was
not even a citizen. This set a
president on how African Americans
are viewed.Start of Civil War April 12, 1861
War broke out between the North and South
over the issues of Slavery, and keeping the
South in the UnionEmancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1863
Abraham Lincoln announces his plan
to abolish slavery in all southern states except
for the border ones.Freedman's Bureau Creation March 3, 1865
Government group designed to help millions of
formerly enslaved African Americans and poor
whites because of the Civil War.Civil War End April 9 1865
Robert E Lee surrenders
to Ulysses S Grant13th Amendment Ratification Dec. 6 1865
Slavery/involuntary servitude is now illegal in
the U.S. besides as means of punishment for
convicted criminalsKKK Creation Dec. 24 1865
KKK is created by confederate soldier veterans
to start to counter the social reforms of the
Reconstruction Era, especially for the new rights
given to freedmenBlack Codes Begin 1866
Laws passed in the South
with the intent to
restrict the rights of freedmen.Civil Rights Act of 1866 July 2nd
Gave citizenship to all races in AmericaReconstruction Act of 1867 March 2nd
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 laid out the
process for readmitting Southern states into the Union14th Amendment Ratified
Made the Civil Rights Act of 1866 into a
constitutional lawPresidential Election of 1868
American presidential election held on Nov. 3,
1868, in which Republican Ulysses S. Grant
defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour.15th Amendment Ratification
the 15th amendment granted African American
men the right to vote.Civil Rights Act of 1875 1 March
the law provided that all persons, regardless of
race, were entitled to "the full and equal
enjoyment" of accommodations of inns, public
transportation, theaters, and other amusement places.Presidential Election of 1876
The United States presidential election of 1876
was one of the most disputed presidential
elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of
New York outpolled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes
in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes
to Hayes' 165, with 20 votes uncounted.Compromise of 1877
Informal, unwritten deal that settled the
intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential
election. It resulted in the United States federal
government pulling the last troops out of the
South, and formally ended the Reconstruction
EraJim Crow Laws 1890
State and local laws that enforced racial
segregation in the Southern United States.
Enacted by white Democrat-dominated state
legislatures after the Reconstruction period, in
the late 19th century, the laws were enforced
until 1965Plessy v. Ferguson May 18 1896
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court
issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of
racial segregation laws for public facilities as
long as the segregated facilities were equal in
quality – a doctrine that came to be known as
"separate but equal"
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