Reconstruction of Georgia Timeline

By juwuanharrisblock5

  • Freedmans Bureau

  • End of Civil War (Appomattox)

    End of Civil War (Appomattox)
    Confederate General Robert E.Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House,in Virginia ending the Civil War.

  • Abraham Lincoln Assination

    Abraham Lincoln Assination
    On a good friday Abraham Lincoln was shot at Fond's Theater in Washington D.C

  • 13th Amendment Ratified

    13th Amendment Ratified
    The 13th Amendment offialy ended slavery.Three reconstuction first of amendmendments.

  • 14th Amendment Ratified

    14th Amendment Ratified
    Gave blacks rights of citizenship in America.Voided the Dread Scott decision.

  • Henry Mcneal Turner elected to Senate

    Henry Mcneal Turner elected to Senate
    One of the most enthusiactic defenders of black rights.Turner was also a Rev.

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

    15th Amendment Ratified
    Allowed slaves to vote,wouldn't be fully realized for a century

  • Georgia Readmitted to the Union

    Georgia Readmitted to the Union
    During the Civil War many southern states left the Union including Georgia but was Readmitted

  • Election of Rutheford B. Hayes

    Election of Rutheford B. Hayes
    Beneficiary of the most fiercly disputed election in American History. Hayes broughtto the Executive Mansion Dignity and honestyand thats what America needed.