Georgia Reconstruction

Period of time, after the Civil War, when the South was required to undergo political, social, and economic change in order to reenter the United States.

An announcement issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring that all slaves in the states of rebellion would be free if the CSA didn't surrender by January 1, 1863.

After the Civil War ended, all slaves were emancipated (freed). Since they were no longer enslaved, there were called this.

Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States.

Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to all citizens born in the United States; required freedmen be given "equal protection under the law."

Constitutional amendment that gave all males the right to vote regardless of race/ethnicity or previous condition of servitude (black males could now vote).

A federal government organization established at end of Civil War in 1865 to help the newly freed slaves participate in American society. The agency aided southerns (mainly former slaves) with education, finding food, shelter and employment.

A secret racist organization created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.

Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War.

President who was responsible for carrying out Reconstruction after Lincoln was assassinated.

to take someone's voting rights away

Reconstruction plan in which 1. all southerners, except for high ranking Confederate civil and military leaders, would be pardoned after taking an oath of allegiance to the United States. 2. when 10% of the voters in each state had taken the Oath of Loyalty, the state would be admitted back in the Union.

Reconstruction plan that expanded the groups of southerners not granted a general pardon. Those who owned property worth more than $20,000 or those who had held high civil or military positions had to apply directly to the president for a pardon.

Reconstruction plan in which Radical Republicans in Congress took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union. The southern states were placed under military rule and forced to extend rights to the freedmen.

These men were removed from Georgia General Assembly (state legislature) and Congress (federal legislature) in order for whites to gain political power.