A
1867
First Reconstruction
Act passed
Lincoln A. Johnson
UNITED STATES 1861–1865 1865–1969
PRESIDENTS
1860
WORLD
1870
Fifteenth
Amendment ratified
Grant
1869-1871
1877
Reconstruction ends
Hayes
Garfield
1870
1880
1868
Meiji era begins
1871
Bismarck
unifies Germany
1874
First major exhibit of
impressionist art in Paris
In Japan
2. According to the time line and your readings, how many U.S. presidents presided
over Reconstruction?
3. For about what length of time was federal Reconstruction legislation passed after
the Lincoln Administration?
4. Between which two U.S. events would ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
be placed?
5. During whose presidential administration was the Fifteenth Amendment ratified?
6. Which national event coincided with the end of Reconstruction?
7. Which presidents on the time line served after the end of Reconstruction?
8. What were the results of the 1874 Congressional elections and how did they weaken
support for African American rights?