Reconstruction


 * Tumultuous period that followed the Civil War
 * Ended with the election of Hayes
 * Slave marriages were legalized
 * Freedmen's Bureau was legalized
 * A pocket veto was used to reject an "Ironclad oath" that would be imposed by the Wade-Davis Bill
 * John Lynch and Hiram Revels were elected to Congress
 * Giles v. Harris reduced some legislative decisions made during this period
 * Anthony Dostie and George Hahn incited attacks on veterans marching to the Mechanics Institute in New Orleans