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Freedmen's Bureau
This group was created by Congress to help freedmen and poor whites get food, shelter, and clothing. It also created schools for former slaves. -
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Recontruction of Georgia
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End of Civil War (Appomattox)
Southern states surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. Robert E. Lee signed the surrender, This ended the Civil War. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
At Ford's Theatre, John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln while he attended a play (Our American Cousin).Booth fled and was later caught and killed.Lincoln was the first "U.S president to be assassinated. -
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
The amendment outlawed slavery and had to be met by southern states to rejoin the Union.This amendment also cancelled war debt and secession.States also had to write a new Constitution that outlawed slavery. -
Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
The fourteenth amendment made all people born in the U.S, citizens. This also gave equal rights to all U.S citizens. Southern states had to pass this amendment to rejoin the Union. -
Henry Mcneal Turner Elected to Senate
Henry Mcneal Turner was one of the first African Americans to serve in Georgia's government after the Civil War. He was a preacher from Bibb County, Georgia. Many white men did not like him for his radical positions. -
Fifteenth Amendment Ratified
This amendment guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote. Any male regardless of race, color, or previous servitude could vote. Southern states had to pass this amendment to rejoin the Union. -
Georgia Readmitted to the Union
The Georgia Legislature ratified the fifteenth amendment and Congress officially readmitted Georgia to the Union. All federal troops left Georgia and Democrats took control of Georgia's government, -
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
The election of Rutherford B.Hayes was the official end of Reconstruction in the south. He was tied with Samuel Tiden for electoral votes, but made a deal with the remaining southern states to end the Reconstruction. This was called the Compromise of 1877.
