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Freedmens Bureau
It was created by congress to help freedmen and poor whites get food, shelter, and clothing. Freedmens Bereau also created schools for former slaves -
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Reconstruction of Georgia Timeline
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End of Civil War Appomattox
south states surrendered at Appomattox couthouse.Robert E. Lee signed the surrender.This ended the Civil War -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
At Fords Theatre,John Wilkes booth shot Abraham Lincoln while he attended a play .Booth fled and was later caught and killed.Lincoln was the first us president to be assassinated. -
13 Amendment Ratified
The amendment outlawed slavery and had to be met by southern states to rejoin.States had to write a new constitution that outlawed slavery.Canceled war debt and secession -
14 Amendment Ratified
The Fourteenth Amendment made all people born in the U.S,citizens.This also gave equal rights to all cictizens . 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 Georgias government after the civil war. He was a preacher from Bibb county, Georgia. Many white men did not like him for his radical positions -
15 Amendment Ratified
This amendment guaranteed all male citizens could vote .Any male regardless of race ,color, or pervious servitude could vote.Southern states had to pass this amendment to rejoin the union -
Georgia Readmitted to the Union
The Georgia legislature ratified the 15 Amendment and congress of ficially readmitted Georgia to the union. All federal troops left Georgia. Democrats took control of Georgias 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 Tilden for eletoral votes , but made a deal with the remaining southern states to end the reconstrution. This was called the Compromise of 1877
