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Eli Whitney
He was an american inventor and he invented the cotton gin. He studied at Yale. The cotton gin seperated the seed from the cotton. -
Yazoo land Fraud
Some Ga legislatures were bribed with $500,000 to sell land that is now Mississippi. This price is way below the potential price it is worth. -
University of Georgia
It was the university in Ga. This was done by the general assembly in 1785. -
Missouri compromise
It was the U.S federal statute made by Henry Clay. It was what controlled the slave trade. -
Dahlonega gold rush
They found gold in Ga at this time. This man by the name of John Witheroods found a three-ounce nugget along Duke's Creek. -
Worcester v. Georgia
This was a case in court in 1832 were the Cherokee Indians wanted to develope a constitution -
Henry McNeal Turner
He was born in Newberry, SC. He was a missionary in Georgia. -
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Trail of Tears
It was part of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal program. It is called the trail of tears because the trail they took was were the cried and they were sad so it is called the trail of tears. -
Compromise of 1850
When this happened it to regard the status of the Mexican - American War -
Georgia Platform
It was a statement executed by the Georgia Gov't. In response to the compromise of 1850. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in these two states to use their land for slaves if they wanted to. -
Dred Scott case
This was During the Civil War He was living with owner in a free state then the state turned non free to slaves. -
Union blockade of Georgia
It was a Naval thing and it blocked the Confederacy from trading. -
Battle of Antietam
The Potomac army was in this war they were commanded by George McClellan this army attacked the confederacy and started war with Gen. E. Lee. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was issued by President Abraham Lincoln and it helped free slaves. -
Battle of Gettysburg
General Robert E. Lee took his army and marched through Virginia to Pennsylvanian and fought against the Union -
Battle of Chickamauga
It was a battle that took place during the civil war in 1863. Braxton Bragg’s army which was Tennessee the beat the Union. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
It was located at fort Sumter It held more prisoners than any other confederate military prison. -
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
He wanted to destroy Atlanta and cut off trade and while doing this he boosted Abraham Lincoln"s chance of re-election -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
He marched his people to the sea While doing this he destroyed Georgia things like buildings, railways, and fields ,etc. -
13th Amendment
Ablolished all the slaves -
Freedman's Bureau
This freed slaves in the south. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
It was formed in Pulaski, TN. The name originated from combining the Greek kyklos (κύκλος, circle) with clan. -
14th amendment
It protects rights as citizens of The USA -
The capital moved to Louisville
Savannah held the capital of Ga until this time Atlanta got it. It was also in Milledgeville but they became unhappy here and got moves to Atlanta -
15th amendment
Voting Rights -
Election of 1860
It was when Abraham Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge , Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell.
