Reconstruction
Reconstruction
Civil Rights Act Of 1866
- The civil rights act of 1866 was a momentous chapter in the development of civil equality for newly emancipated blacks in the years following the civil war.
- It accomplished putting blacks into mainstream american society.
- The act made it unlawful to deprive a person from his or her rights
- Its important to reconstruction beacause it granted equal rights
Andrew Johnson
- Andrew Johnson was the 17th president.
- He was also the vice president at the time of lincoln's assassination.
- He was also the first president to be impeached
- He is important to reconstruction beacause his actions led to the radical reconstructions
Compromise of 1877
- The compromise was an unritten deal.
- That ended the reconstruction era.
- It also took place over the civil war
- it is important to reconstruction beacause it was the end of reconstruction
Thaddeus Stevens
- was a member of the united states house of representatives
- Former united states president
- A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against African-Americans, Stevens sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction, in opposition to President Andrew Johnson.
- He is important to reconstruction because his actions led toward the end of slavery