United States History Student Edition

Looking Ahead In this topic, you will learn about the period of Reconstruction, which lasted from 1865 until 1877. You will examine a Compelling Question and develop your own questions about Reconstruction in the Inquiry Activity Lesson. You can preview some of the key events and people that you will learn about by reviewing the time line. What Will You Learn? In these lessons about Reconstruction, you will learn • the goals of and plans for Reconstruction under Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and the Radical Republicans. • the significance of the Reconstruction amendments. • the reasons for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. • the political, economic, and social changes for African Americans brought about by Reconstruction. • the reasons for the end of Reconstruction and its effects on African Americans. ? COMPELLING QUESTION IN INQUIRY ACTIVITY LESSON • What were the successes and failures of Reconstruction?

KEY EVENTS OF RECONSTRUCTION

1860

January 1865 The Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, is passed by Congress March 1865 Freedmen’s Bureau is created April 1865 President Lincoln is assassinated 1867 Reconstruction Acts are passed, setting up military districts in the South

1868 The Fourteenth Amendment

protects the right to vote for all adult male citizens 1868 President Andrew Johnson is impeached but is acquitted by the Senate

1870

1876 Rutherford B. Hayes is elected president 1877 Reconstruction ends

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1890

1896 The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson upholds segregation laws

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1900

Sequencing Which occurred first, the end of Reconstruction or the death of President Lincoln?

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