Reconstruction era
April 9, 1865 – January 20, 1877
The Reconstruction era was the period of U.S. history following the Civil War (1861-1865), dominated by the abolition of slavery and the reintegration of the former Confederate states. Three constitutional amendments granted citizenship and equal civil rights to formerly enslaved people, though Southern states imposed poll taxes and literacy tests to restrict Black voting. The era ended with the withdrawal of federal troops from the South in 1877 and the return of white Democratic rule there.
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April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865
December 6, 1865
April 9, 1866
January 1, 1870 – December 31, 1900
May 31, 1870
February 28, 1871
April 20, 1871
March 1, 1875
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- Thirteenth Amendment to US Constitution Washington, D.C. · 38.9, -77.04
