-
Freedmen`s Bureau
A group of people that helped freed slaves.freed slaves wanted to distance themselves from whites.freed slaves also had their names changed. -
Period: to
Reconstruction of Georgia Timeline
Reconstrution means the act of building something again.The time period after the civil war in which the south rejoined the union and rebuilt its society -
End of the Civil War (Appomattox)
Union forces pusued and cut of the Confederate reatreat. Lee`s last stand was at Appomattox court house. At the court house General lee surrendered to grant. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
John Wilks Booth shot Abraham while attending a play.The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army.Abraham was the first american president to be assassinated. -
13th Amendment Ratified
The 13th amendment was an amendment to the constitution that ended slavery.The ratification came eight months after the civil war ended. But it represented the Culmination of the struggle against slavery. -
14th Amendment Ratified
Gave all citizens = rights to all people born in the united states.No state could make laws that took away privileges of united states citizens. -
Henry McNeal Turner elected to senate
He became a citizen of the united states. He also was elected to georgia legislature as senate. -
15th Amendment Ratified
States that the rights of a citizen to vote should not be denied because of color. African Americans had gained the legal right to participate in southern political society. Most White Southerners Could not accept this. -
Georgia Readmitted to the union
Georgians pass back into the union. The Georgia legislature ratified the Fifteenth amendment. Georgia finally officially readmitted georgia to the union. -
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes Made a deal with the Southern Democrats. It was that if they voted for him, he would withdraw the union troops from the south.
