Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

 * Republican
 * Secretary of State: William H. Seward
 * Major items:
 * 13th Amendment, 1865
 * 14th Amendment, 1868
 * Reconstruction Act, 1867
 * Tenure of Office act, 1867
 * Impeachment Trial, 1868
 * Formation of the Ku Klux Klan
 * Adoption of Black Codes in the South
 * this man was kinda buns at presidenting

Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

 * Republican
 * VP: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
 * Secretary of State: Hamilton Fish
 * Major items:
 * 15th Amendment, 1870
 * First Transcontinental Railroad, 1869
 * Tweed Ring
 * Panic of 1873
 * Crédit Mobilier Scandal
 * Whiskey Ring
 * Indian Ring