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Freedmen's Bureau
The primary purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to help the Freedmen and poor whites. -
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Reconstruction
Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War when the United States was rebuilding government, cities, and towns. -
End of the Civil War (Appomattox)
General Lee's army surrendered to General Grant's army. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
Lincoln and his wife attended a play at Ford's Theatre and John Wilkes Booth entered the private box and shot Lincoln in the head. -
13th Amendment Ratified
President Andrew Johnson ratified the thirteenth amendment that outlawed slavery, -
Henry McNeal Turner elected to Senate
Henry McNeal Turner was raised in the south as a freed African American, and he was a licensed preacher. -
14th Amendment Ratified
The fourteenth amendment declared that all people born in the US were all citizens except the Native Americans. -
15th Amendment Ratified
The fifteenth amendment stated that the right to vote could not be denied to any US citizen on account of race, color, or previous servitude. -
Georgia Readmitted to the Union
The Georgia legislature ratified the fifteenth amendment, and Congress finally readmitted Georgia to the Union. -
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden had the same number of electoral votes. Hayes made a deal with the southern Democrats.