Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1868

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:addresses Land ownership
gptkbp:conducted Military rule
gptkbp:createdBy New state government structure
gptkbp:criticism Exclusion of certain groups
gptkbp:discusses Race relations
gptkbp:documentedIn Historical records
Contemporary journalists
gptkbp:duration Several months
gptkbp:enactedBy Georgia_voters
gptkbp:established Public education system
gptkbp:followedBy Political backlash
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Atlanta
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Post-Civil_War_Reconstruction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1868
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Southern_Homestead_Act
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866
National political climate
Federal_Reconstruction_policies
Radical_Republican_policies
gptkbp:is_a Subsequent civil rights movements
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for Georgia's_governance
gptkbp:is_a_platform_for Political reform
gptkbp:is_a_reflection_of Societal_changes
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of Historical analysis
gptkbp:is_attended_by African_American_delegates
White_and_Black_delegates
gptkbp:is_characterized_by Political conflict
Diverse representation
gptkbp:is_essential_for African_American_political_empowerment
gptkbp:is_part_of Reconstruction efforts
Constitutional_conventions_in_the_South
gptkbp:keyEvent Civil rights history
Reconstruction history
gptkbp:landmark Georgia_history
gptkbp:led_to Increased political participation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:mandates Voting rights
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Henry_McNeal_Turner
gptkb:Benjamin_Conley
gptkbp:outcome Adoption of the 1868 Constitution
gptkbp:participants Delegates
gptkbp:products Historical circumstances.
gptkbp:purpose Draft a new state constitution
gptkbp:replacedBy Previous 1861 Constitution
gptkbp:resultedIn Civil rights advancements
gptkbp:significance Reconstruction Era
gptkbp:significantEvent American_history
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for Future constitutional changes
gptkbp:was_a_response_to Emancipation Proclamation
Economic challenges
Social upheaval
Union occupation
Political disenfranchisement
gptkbp:was_marked_by Contentious debates
gptkbp:year 1868