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Reconstruction of Georgia Timeline
Reconstruction-to try to rebuild again. -
Freedmen's Bureau
Freedmen's Bureau was formed to help protect the new blacks who were free in the South after the Civil War. On July 1, 1869, Freedmen's Bureau was dicontinued. The activites of Freedmen's Bureau still continued for three years, though. -
End of the Civil War
Lee met with Grant at Appomattox court house, and they agreed on the terms of surrender.This event happened in Appomattox county, Viginia. This meant that the Union had victory. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln went to go see a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. A famous actor named, John Wilkes Booth shot him at Ford's Theatre. John Wilkes Booth escaped after he shot Abraham Lincoln. -
13th Amendment Ratified
It was the amendment that officially ended slavery. Eight months later the amendment became ratified after the Civil War. The North wanted slavery to end, but the South did not. -
14th Amendment
This Amendment was rejected by some of the Southern states. This Amendment basically said, that all people were born equal, and it granted citizenship. Women also used this Amendment to proclaim their right to be abke to vote. -
Henry McNeal Turner elected to Senate
After he served in the state's Constitutional convention, he got elected to the Goergia House of Representatives. He was suppose to Represent Macon. He also recieved threats from the Ku Klux Klan. -
15th Amendment Ratified
This Amendment ensured African American men to vote. It said, "Citizens should not be denied the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous condition or servitude." This Amendment was both sucessful and not sucessful. -
Georgia Readmitted to the Union
It got readmitted because it finally accepted the 15th Amendment. It was also accepted in 1868, but it did not accept the 15th Amendment, so it got kicked out. Georgia was the last former confederate state that was readmitted to the Union. -
Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes was the governor of Ohio then he was nominated at a convention. If he was elected, he was only going to serve one term. He was a Republican.
