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Unit 6
Reconstruction
Peach Book Page 2981. When the Confederates returned to Georgia, the field lay in ______________, many houses had been
_______________________, railroad tracks were ________________, bridges were ________________, and cotton
mills and factories were ___________________. The Confederates and Georgia were also in ______________.
2. The former slaves were called __________________________ and they were homeless,
________________________________ and free for the first time. Many traveled looking for
_______________________________________________________________, but some traveled just because they were
able to. Some began to search for their families.
3. To help the freedmen, the government set up the __________________________________________ to help both
former slaves and poor whites. This agency offered them clothing, ____________, and other necessities.
4. Later, the Freedmen’s Bureau focused primarily on _________________________. Three schools set up in Georgia
during this period were ____________________________________,
________________________________________________, and ________________________________________.
5. The process of rebuilding the South and restoring the Union was known as
___________________________________.
6. Lincoln’s reconstruction plan was to rebuild the _______________ and _______________________ the Union as
quickly as possible. It had two steps: all southerners, except high ranking officers, would be
_____________________________ after taking an oath to the Union; and the state would rejoin the Union after
_________________________________________ took an oath of allegiance.
7. The problem with the plan was that many thought the South should be _______________________________. The
___________________________________ which Congress tried to pass was vetoed by Lincoln, but it showed there
would be a fight over Reconstruction.
8. Lincoln was _______________________________ by ______________________________________ and this brought
his reconstruction plans to an end.
9. ______________________________________ became President after Lincoln’s death. His plan was similar to
Lincoln’s but more Southerners would receive _____________________. Those who supported his plan changed their
minds after ______________________________________________ was arrested and imprisoned.
10. Johnson then added more requirements to the plan. The southern states had to ratify the
________________________________________, which made slavery illegal. They also had to nullify their order of
______________________________, and promise not to repay those that helped finance the Confederacy.
11. In June of 1865, President Johnson appointed ____________________________________________, as provisional
governor of Georgia. He was to hold a ___________________________________________ in Milledgeville.
12. This convention repealed the ordinance of secession and voted to ________________________________. The new
governor was ________________________________________ and he was the only candidate. The two new senators
for Georgia were _______________________________________________ and ________________________________.
13. Although the legislature voted to extend _________________________ to the freedmen, they limited those rights
in a system of ______________________________________.
14. The 13th amendment did not abolish _________________________________________, only slavery. Most
southern states passed Black Codes. These codes were intended to restrict the _____________ of freemen. They would
regulate employment, labor period, and allowed ____________________________________ of blacks with no jobs.
15. Black Codes also forbid the freemen from __________________, serving on juries, and testifying against whites.
__________________________ between races was also illegal.
16. Congress, in reaction to the Black Codes, passed the ______________________________________________. This
extended citizenship to ___________________________, and gave the federal government the right to intervene if the
___________________________ of the freedmen were taken away. Congress also passed the 14th Amendment which
granted __________________________________ to all freedmen.
17. The _________________________________________________ gained control of Congress in 1866. This resulted in
Congress re-establishing ___________________________________ in March 1867. Georgia, along with Alabama and
Florida were placed in the _____________________________________ led by General John Pope.
18. States were also required to hold another state convention and extend the right to vote to ____________________.
The citizens had to ratify the constitution and the ________________________________.
19. The delegates to this convention consisted of 12 conservative whites, nine ____________________________
(northerners who came south after the war), 36 blacks, and most of the rest were _________________________
(southerners who supported the Republicans).
20. The new constitution gave civil rights to all citizens, approved free public _______________________, and allowed
married women to control their own property. It was approved in _________________ and
________________________________________ became the new governor. Federal troops would now leave the state.
21. Black legislators entered politics and one was Reverend ______________________________________________.
These black legislators were expelled from the Georgia legislature.
22. The _____________________________________________ became a force in Georgia in this period and their goal
was to keep freedmen from exercising their _____________________________. They also wanted to return control of
the state to the ______________________________.
23. The actions of the Klan forced Governor Bullock to ask for help and the Georgia Act was the response. It returned
Georgia to ____________________________________ and required the state to ratify the 15 th Amendment, which gave
all _________________________________ the right to ________________.
24. Georgia was readmitted to the Union in ____________________. Governor ________________________ would
resign because he was going to be ____________________________, and __________________________________
would become the governor in 1872.