Reconstruction of Georgia Timeline

  • Georgia readmitted to the union

    Georgia readmitted to the union
    This happened after the 14 was ratified in 1868. Georgia was the last state readmitted back into the union.
  • Freedmen's Bureau

    Freedmen's Bureau
    This was astablished by Abraham Limcoln. It was meant to last for a year. It also freed ex-slaves in the south.
  • End of the Civil War

    End of the Civil War
    It was the central event in America's historcal consciousness. IT was between the northern free states and the southern slave states.
  • Abraham Lincoln Assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
    He was the first president to be assassinated. He was shot in the back of the head at Ford's Theatre.After he was assassinmated Andrew Jackson was the president after him.
  • 13th Amendment Ratified

    13th Amendment Ratified
    An addition to the UNITED STATES constitution. It bannes slavery and invoultary servitudein the UNITED STATES.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    This was a Reconstruction Amendment. Thus Amendment was helpful because it over ruled the Supreme Court ruling on the Dred Scott Case
  • Henry McNeal Turner elected to senate

    Henry McNeal Turner elected to senate
    He help found the Republican party of Georgia . He also ran for political office . He was finaly elected Legislature in 1888
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    This stopped U.S. citizens from being denied the right to vote. Now anyone over the age of 18 can vote. we all should have the priviledged to vote.
  • Election of Rutherford B. Hayes

    Election of Rutherford B. Hayes
    He was 19tg President of the United States. He was the President for term. Hw also over saw the Reconstruction, and second industrial Revolution.