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Georgia Platform
It was a statement that qualified support for the U.S. It was among the Georgia conservations from the Compromise of 1850. -
University of Georgia Founded
Georgia was the first state to have a state-supported University. The General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of land for the University. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
He made a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton. It sped the process of removing seeds from the cotton fiber. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
Georgia Legislators were bribed in 1795, to sell most of the land. Now making up the state Mississippi. -
Missouri Compromise
It was an effort by congress to make Missouri a state where slavery would be permitted. At this time the United States contained twenty-one states that were divided between slavery and freedom. -
William McIntosh
He was a controversial chief of the Lower Creeks. He is also know as Taskanugi Hatke ("White Warrior"). -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Thousands of miners went to the Mountains. The Cherokees called it the "Great Intrusion" -
Worcester v. Georgia
It was a case in which the Supreme Court convicted Samuel Worcester. The Georgia criminal statue stated that they did not allow non-Native Americans from going on Native American lands. -
John Marshall
He was an american politician. He was also the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. -
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Trail of Tears
The Cherokee Indians had to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River. They also had to migrate to an area, which is present-day Oklahoma. -
Andrew Jackson
He was the seventh President of the United States. He wanted to have the Electoral College end and railed against life tenure for government workers. -
Capital moved to Louisville
When the British left, the capital was moved to Augusta then Louisville. There was an election for the Capital to ,move to Atlanta. -
Compromise of 1850
It was to avoid the slavery issues for the past several years. Some people planned to attack the plan and demanded the North to end attempts to limit slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed for people in Kansas and Nebraska to allow or not allow slavery within their borders. It was also served to cancel out the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
Dred Scott Case
It was a case between Dred Scott vs. Stanford. He was a slave who lived in the free state of Illinois. -
Election of 1860
It was the United States Presidential election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln beat Southern Democratic John C. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
It was to stop the Southern Commerce and hurt the Confederacy. It also tried to prevent the export of cotton. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was an order by the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. It was to free slaves in 10 states. -
Battle of Chickamauga
It took place in Northwestern Georgia. The Union was commanded by Major General William Rosecrans. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
It held the largest population in the entire confederacy in the prison. The fence was fifteen to seventeen feet high. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
The Sherman's Atlanta Campaign was a series of events. It was fought in the northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
It was a military campaign the American Civil War made through Georgia. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and the Union Army made the campaign. -
Freedman's Bureau
It was the first goal to be equal with one each other. It helped slaves and refugees to freedom. -
Thirteenth Amendment
They abolished slavery in the United States. They tried to protect the rights of newly freed slaves. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
The first Ku Klux Klan was a social group in Pulaski, Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan went into almost every state in the south. -
John Ross
He was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. He is also known as Koo-wi-s-gu-wi ( "Mysterious Little White Bird"). -
Fourteenth Amendment
They made an amendment to grant citizenship of all people. Which included former, and newly freed slaves. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The amendment was made to let African American men the right to vote. Congress said "Any American cannot be denied the right to vote, based on race, color, or being a former slave."
