Timeline

Question 1

What happened in 1852

Answer 1

Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 2

What happened between 1861-65

Answer 2

American civil war

Question 3

What happened in September 1862

Answer 3

Emancipation proclamation announced

Question 4

What happened in January 1863

Answer 4

Emancipation proclamation issued

Question 5

What happened in April 1865

Answer 5

Civil war ends
Lincoln assassinated
Johnson became president

Question 6

What happened between April-December 1865

Answer 6

Presidential Reconstruction

Question 7

What happened in 1866

Answer 7

Civil Rights Act

Ku Klux Klan established

Question 8

What happened in 1867

Answer 8

Congressional Reconstruction

Question 9

What happened in 1868

Answer 9

14th Amendment

Question 10

What happened in 1870

Answer 10

15th Amendment

Force Acts

Question 11

What happened in 1872

Answer 11

Amnesty Act

Question 12

What happened in 1875

Answer 12

Civil Rights Act

Question 13

What happened in 1877

Answer 13

Withdrawal of federal troops from the South

Question 14

What happened in 1879

Answer 14

20,000 black ‘Exodusters’ migrated to Kansas

Question 15

What happened in 1883

Answer 15

Civil Rights Cases

Question 16

What happened in 1885

Answer 16

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published

Question 17

What happened in 1887

Answer 17

Florida rail travel change

Question 18

What happened in 1890

Answer 18

Mississippi introduced income and literacy qualifications