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Freedmen's Bureau
This helped freedmen and poor whites with food, shelter, and clothing. They built schools for freedmen. This was created by congress. -
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Reconstruction of Georgia timeline
Reconstruction is the act of rebuilding. They had to do a lot of reconstruction after the Civil War -
End of the Civil War (Appomattox)
Confederate signed the treaty to surrender. It happen in the Appomattox court house. That is located in virgina -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
Five days after lee's surrender he got assassinated. John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. He died in the house across the street the next moring -
13th Amendment Ratified
It ended slavery. It canceled all war debts. It repealed their secession ordinances -
14th Amendment Ratified
It states you have to be born in the U.S to be a citizen. Also it states that no state can enforce a law to abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens. The congress can in force this by legislation -
Henry McNeal Turner elected to Senate
He was among two state senators and 25 black republican state representatives. He gave a speech that denounced the legislatiors who had refused to seat african americans senators and representives. He was among the first group of reconstruction-era african americans elected officials. -
15th Amendment Ratified
A citizen can notbe denied to vote by the U.S because of his coloror previous conditionof servitude. Congresshas power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.This was not fullyrealized untill almost a century. -
Georgia Readmitted to the Union
Goergia had to ratify 3 amendments to get back in. They hadto ambolishment slavery, equal protection for all citizens, and blacks being able to vote.They also had to submit to military law.
