reconsruction of georgia timeline

  • freedmen's bureau

    The purpose ofthe freemen'sbureau was to help the freeman and poor whites to obtain food,shelter,and clothing
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    Reconstruction of georgia timeline

  • End of the civil war (Appomattox)

    End of the civil war (Appomattox)
    General Lee meet Grant and agreed to surrender in virgina
  • Abraham Lincoln assassinated

    lincoln was shot when booth entered the private box and shot him in the head.
  • 13th Amendment ratified

    It was the work of emancipaction proclamation officially abolshed slavery.
  • 14th admendment

    It granted citzenship to the freemen and fobaded any state from denying anyone equals protection of the laws
  • henry mcneal turner elected to senate

    He was rasied in the south as a free african amercian.
  • 15th amendment ratified

    It granted all male citzens the right to vote regardless of race color or previous condition of servitude.
  • GA readmitted to the union

    the GA legislature ratified the 15th admendment and officially readmitted GA to the union.
  • election of rutherford b hayes

    It was the most contontious and controversal presdintial election in amercian history