placed into military districts governed by an army general.

sold to the Spain for the refusing to compromise.

kicked out of the Union and never allowed to join again.

The federal amendment granting blacks to own land was passed

The Democrats appoint black Governors to the state

32 African Americans or Blacks were elected to the Georgia General Assembly

The tenant farmers usually owned their own tools, animals, and other equipment while sharecroppers brought nothing but their labor into the agreement

The tenant farmers usually brought nothing but their labor into the agreement while the sharecropper usually had their own tools, animals, and other equipment

The Southern Election Crisis

Terry's Purge

Federal Renaissance

Trading the states to Mexico in exchange for new lands to the West.

Placing the states into Military Districts that were patrolled and monitored by the US Army.

Refused to pass the Southern Readmission Act of 1866.

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

19th Amendment

Georgia ratified the Fifteenth Amendment.

Georgia granted women the right to vote.

Georgia banned the Ku Klux Klan.

Georgia outlawed poll taxes.

It authorized the government to try Ku Klux Klan members in federal courts.

It required Southern states to distribute land formerly used for plantations to freedmen.

It required Southern states to adopt new constitutions to protect African Americans' civil rights.

It repealed the Tariff of Abominations in order to provide African Americans greater economic opportunities.

corn

pecans

cotton

indigo

The system helped laborers purchase their own farms.

The system kept laborers in constant debt to landowners.

The system forced landowners to give land to former slaves.

The system prevented landowners from exploiting former slaves.

African American men and women began to practice their new gained freedoms and used their right to vote to elect several females into political office.

Male citizens of all races were able to cast their vote in public elections allowing for more men of color to represent the needs of their voters.

The Ku Klux Klan was forced to end its violence towards people of color that were attempting to vote.

Slavery and involuntary servitude was made illegal within the United States and these newly freedmen were granted citizenship.

Ten percent of a state's legislators were required to be African American in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

Ten percent of a state's debt to the federal government had to be repaid in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

Ten percent of a state's agricultural land had to be redistributed to freedmen in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

Ten percent of a state's voters had to swear allegiance to the United States in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.

punishing the South for its role in the Civil War

protecting the rights extended to African Americans

assisting in the economic recovery of the South

enforcing segregation to prevent racial violence

readmitting states to the Union as quickly as possible

Southern states had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

Southern states were divided into districts governed under martial law.

Southern states were required to hold a vote on whether slavery would be legal.

Southern states were required to take oaths of loyalty to the Union and adopt new constitutions.

convincing federal leaders to allow Southern states to rejoin the Union

helping the federal government maintain law and order in the South

removing the Democrats from power in Southern politics

reestablishing white supremacy throughout the South

It created the first public school system in Georgia.

It made sure that segregated public facilities were equal.

It helped Democrats take control of Southern governments.

It prevented the Ku Klux Klan from recruiting members in Georgia.

City leaders focused on helping freedmen and freedwomen find work.

City leaders focused on rebuilding Atlanta's railroad network.

City leaders encouraged farmers to grow crops other than cotton.

City leaders encouraged northerners to migrate to Atlanta.

the right to farm land

seeds to plant

weekly wages

a basic education

room and board

Businesses throughout Georgia refused to engage in trade with the North in protest of the state's treatment in the aftermath of the Civil War.

State leaders refused to provide the funding and resources necessary to enable the Freedmen's Bureau to carry out its work in support of the poor.

Racial violence and widespread political fraud followed in the wake of the forced removal of African American legislators from the General Assembly.

Governor Rufus Bullock refused to support the expulsion of former members of the Confederacy from his cabinet and other posts in the state government.

The federal government refused to readmit Georgia to the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled that new elections must be held immediately.

The Freedmen's Bureau stopped providing aid to Georgia's citizens.

The president dissolved the assembly and called for new elections.

Violent voter suppression and flagrant election fraud convinced Congress to install military rule in Georgia and purge the state legislature of former Confederates.

Violent voter suppression and flagrant election fraud contributed to sweeping Democratic victories in Georgia and the passage of Jim Crow laws by the state legislature.

Overseen by federal troops, the election resulted in an overwhelming Republican majority in the state government and the reinstatement of Georgia to the Union.

Overseen by federal troops, the election awarded all of Georgia’s nine electoral votes to General Ulysses S. Grant and helped him secure the presidency.