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1863
President Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
1864
Congress passes Wade-Davis Bill; Lincoln pocket-vetoes it
1865
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
Congress creates Freedmen’s Bureau
Lincoln is assassinated; Andrew Johnson becomes president
Congress establishes Joint Committee on Reconstruction
Southern states begin to issue Black codes
1866
Johnson vetoes renewal of Freedmen’s Bureau charter
Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1866 over Johnson’s veto
Congress drafts Fourteenth Amendment
Johnson delivers “Swing Around the Circle” speeches
Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1866
Ku Klux Klan forms
1867
Radical Reconstruction begins
Congress passes First and Second Reconstruction Acts
Congress passes Tenure of Office Act
1868
House of Representatives impeaches Andrew Johnson
Senate acquits Johnson
Fourteenth Amendment is ratified
Ulysses S. Grant is elected president
1869
Fisk-Gould Gold scheme evolves
1870
Fifteenth Amendment is ratified
1871
Congress passes Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
Tweed Ring is exposed in New York City
1872
Liberal Republican Party emerges
Grant is reelected
Crédit Mobilier scandal is exposed
1873
Depression of 1873 hits
Supreme Court hears Slaughterhouse Cases
1874
Whiskey Ring scandal occurs
Democrats become majority party in the House of Representatives
1875
Congress passes Resumption Act
Civil Rights Act of 1875 passed
1876
Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes both claim victory in presidential election
1877
Congress passes Electoral Count Act
Hayes becomes president
Hayes removes remaining troops from the South to end Reconstruction
