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Freedmen's Bureau
Proposed to help freedmen and poor whites to get food and shelter. It established schools for freedmen. -
End of the Civil War (Appomattox)
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysess S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse after being surrounded by General Grant's army. This ended the American Civil War. -
13th Amendment Ratified
Was the first if three Reconstruction Amendments passed. This amendment officially ended slavery. The ratification came eight months after the Civil War had ended. -
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Reconstruction of Georgia Timeline
The act of building something again. A time period after the Civil War in which the South rejoined the Union and rebuilt its society. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor, shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. This happened only five days after the Civil War had ended. -
14th Amenment Ratified
Resolved pre-Cival War questions about African American citizenship. Stated that all persons born in the United States were citizens of the United States and citizens of the state. Granted "equal protection of the laws." -
Henry McNeal Turner elected to Senate
Was the first Reconstruction-era African American elected to Senate. Was one of the targets of the Ku Klux Klan. Was a minister to freed slaves. -
15th Amenment Ratified
Granted African American men the right to vote. The promise of this amendment would be fully realized for almost a century. The Voting Rights Act would come into play before all African Americans were registered to vote. -
Georgia Readmitted to the Union
Georgia was the last of the 11 former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union. This happened after the 15th Amendment was ratified. -
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes was a Democratic candidate. This Presidential Election was the first one in 20 years to have a member of the Democratic party to win.
