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An agency set up for former slaves. Bureau for refuges. This Bureau gave clothing to former slaves.
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Reconstruction is the act of rebouilding. The fixing of georgia after civil war.
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the rebuilding of something. the act of rebuilding georgia.
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The end of the civil war.The civil war ended at appomatoz court house. Lee could not stop the union troops from winning.
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Assassnated by John Wilks Booth. He was assassanated in the theaters. He was shot in the back of his head.
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13th Amendment ratified. This Amendment ended slavery. It was ratified 8 months after civil war.
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14th Amendment Ratified. Gave equal amount of rights. Accepted native americans.
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Of the reconstruction amendments the 15th was the last. This amendment prohibited against voters on the basis on race or previous condition of servitude. The main impetus behind the 15th Amendment was the Republican desire to entrench its power in both the North and the South.
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Georgia had to adopt a new constitution under the rules of Reconstruction. In fact, the state went through this process twice. U.S. president Andrew Johnson's policies, known as Presidential Reconstruction, prevailed until the beginning of Congressional Reconstruction in 1867.
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One of the most influential men. Henry McNeal Turner was a pioneering church organizer and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in Georgia. Turner was an active politician .
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fought in civil war. Beneficiary of the most fiercely disputed election in American history. Hayes brought to the Executive Mansion dignity