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The United States After the Civil War. Reconstruction: 1865-1877 . 17. Andrew Johnson – 1865-1869 . 18. U.S. Grant – 1869-1877. Nathan Bedford Forrest – 1821-1877 . The Reconstruction Amendments. 13 th Amendment 1865 -- freedom 14 th Amendment 1867 -- citizenship
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The Reconstruction Amendments • 13th Amendment 1865 -- freedom • 14th Amendment 1867 -- citizenship • 15th Amendment 1870 -- suffrage
Political Leaders* of the Gilded Age: 1877-1897 *not exactly household names
Herbert Spencer –1820-1903 Social Darwinism “Survival of the Fittest”
William Graham Sumner – 1840-1910“Millionaires are the product of natural selection.”
Admiral George Dewey – 1837-1917 Emilio Aguinaldo – 1869-1964