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Freedmen's Bureau Established
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Civil War Ends
General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant at Appotmattox. -
President Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
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Civil Rights Bill Is Passed
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Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
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Georgia Put Under Military Rule
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Andrew Johnson Impeached
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Fourteenth Amendment Ratified
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Ulysses S. Grant Elected President
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Georgia Act of 1869 Ratified
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Fifteenth Amendment Ratified
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Georgia Readmitted into Union