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Proclamation
The Emancipation, Proclamation, or proclamation 95,was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1,1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga
Braxtons braggs army of Tennessee defeated a union force commanded by general William Rosecrans I the battle of chickamauga. -
Thirteenth Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, expect as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen’s Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. The Freedmen’s Bureau provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance. It also attempted to settle former slaves on land confiscated or abandoned during the war. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
The Ku Klux Klan, extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and become a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party's Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. -
Tom Watson and the Populist
Tom Watson was an advocate for poor families. He was a defender of the old way of life. Watson eventually became an advocate of the farmers alliance. -
Fourteenth Amendment
All person born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the Unites States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Plessy v.s Ferguson
This was a petition for writs of prohibition and certiorari. That petitioner was a citizen of the United States and a resident of Louisiana. -
Henry Grady
Henry Grady was a journalist and an orator who helped the states. Grady encouraged the industrialization of the south. -
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge was a democratic politician who served two terms as governor of Georgia. He is well known for actively promoting southern segregation. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
The people involved in this riot were the black and whites. This riot began the racial violence. -
Leo Frank Case
On April 27, 1913 the dead body of Mary Phagan was found. This murder was committed by Leo Frank, who was a Jewish factory superintendent. -
Booker T. Washinton
Washington served as an advisor to President Theodore Roosevelt. He was recognized for his educational advancements and attempts to promote economic self-reliance. -
Alonzo Herndon
Herndon was an entrepreneur and a business man. Alonzo Herndon was the first black millionaire. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC was a public works relief program. It operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
It was a united states federal law of the new deal era. It was designed to boost agriculture prices by reducing surpluses. -
WEB DuBois
Dubois was a leading African American socialist, writer, and activist. He was a founding officer of the National Association of colored people. -
Rural
It is a process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. It is estimated that absolute number of people without power was growing. -
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Sherman's March of the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea, comprising the Atlanta Campaign and the Savannah Campaign, was led by Major General William Sherman during the American Civil War toward the end, who was fighting for the Union. It resulted in destruction of much of the South and the capture of Atlanta, Georgia and Savannah, Georgia. -
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International Cotton Exposition
The world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, from October to December 31 of 1881. -
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Country Unit System
The County Unit System was established in 1977,when the Georgia legislature overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic primaries for statewide offices. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a serve world wide economic depression that took place in the 1930's. It was the longest, deepest and most widespread depression of the 20th Century. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
Savannah union forces on securing bases of operation. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
February 1864 until the end of the American Civil War (1861-65) in April 1865, Andersonville,Georgia, served as the site of a notorious Confederate military prison. The prison at Andersonville,officially called Camp Sumter, was the South’s largest prison for captured Union soldiers and known for its unhealthy conditions and high death rate. In all, approximately 13,000 Union prisoners perished at Andersonville, and following the war its commander.
