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All states rejoined the Union until 1870 and 6 years later the military occupation is given up. The so called time of reconstruction begins.
1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt designs a program to reform the whole country. It also contains the regulation of the Tennessee River for energy production to make the area more attractive for the industry.
The New Deal, how Roosevelt calls the program, improves the methods of production in agriculture. Many black workers loose their jobs and for that reason they go up north expecting to find new work there.
1977-81: James Earl Carter, former governor of Georgia, becomes the 39th President of the United States. This is the first time after the Civil War that a governor from the South is elected as president.
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