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University of Georgia Founded
Georgia was the first state to actually charter a state-supported university. The university was actually established in 1801. -
Eli Whitney and The Cotton Gin
Eli's father was a farmer. After attending Yale college (which is now Yale University), he stayed with Catherine Greene on her plantation in Savannah Georgia. He learned a lot about cotton and the difficulty cotton farmers faced. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The legislators of Georgia were bribed to sell most of the land that now makes up the state of Mississippi. they sold it to four land companies for $500,000 which is far below the value of it. -
Capital Moved to Louisville
The Jefferson County Courthouse was Georgia's first permanent capitol building. Louisville served as the capitol until 1806. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
William McIntosh
William McIntosh was a chief of the Lower Creeks. He supported the united States in The Creek War of 1813-14. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
It started in Lumpkin County and soon spread to North Georgia. Many Georgia miners moved west when gold was found in Nevada, and that started the California Gold Rush. -
Worcester v. Georgia
In the 1820-30's Georgia conducted a campaign to remove the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokees argued that the laws violated their rights. -
John Marshall
He is responsible for establishing the Supreme Court's role in federal government. He dominated the court for over three decades. -
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Trail of Tears
The Cherokee Indians were forced to give up their land east if the Mississippi river. They had to migrate to an are that is known now as Oklahoma. It was named "The Trail of Tears" because of its devastating effects. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was a lawyer and a landowner. He became a national war hero after defeating the British in The Battle of New Orleans. He was elected the seventh president of the U.S. and is on the twenty-dollar bill. -
compromise of 1850
This event consisted of five laws passed that dealt with the issue of slavery. Senator Henry Clay introduced several resolutions on January 29,1850. -
Georgia Platform
The Georgia Platform was a statement that took place in Milledgeville, Georgia. This event was a response to The Compromise of 1850. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed citizens of each territory to vote on rather or not they wanted to allow slavery in their state. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott case was one of the most controversial events that led to the Civil War. Dred Scott lived in a free state with his owner before returning to Missouri which was a slave state. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was the candidate for the Republican Party in the Election of 1860. The republican's platform was that slavery would not spread any farther than it already has. Lincoln was the winner of the Election of 1860. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The Union Blockade was meant to stop Southern commerce and hurt the confederacy. Confederate blockade runners worked to bring supplies needed by the confederacy. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that is the southern states did not stop their rebellion by January 1, 1863, then the proclamation would go into effect. -
Battle of Chickamauga
Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee defeated a union force commanded by General William Rosecrans during the American Civil War. After Rosecrans' troops pushed the Confederates out of Chattanooga earlier that month, Braxton Bragg launched a counterattack on the banks of Chickamauga Creek. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
The prison was officially called Camp Sumter and was the South's largest prison for captured Union soldiers. It's known for its unhealthy conditions and high death rates. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Sherman's troops fought in several fierce battles with confederate soldiers. Sherman ordered the Atlanta's military be burned. The fire got out of hand and left Atlanta in ruins. -
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Sherman's March To The Sea
William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah. The purpose was to frighten the Georgia population into abandoning the Confederate cause. Sherman's men did not destroy any towns in his way, but he did still food and livestock. He only burned down the houses and barns of those who tried to fight back. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's bureau was made to aid refugees during the Civil War. -
Ku Klux Klan
African-American participation in the south became on of the most radical aspects of reconstruction, as blacks won elections to state governments and even the U.S. Congress. The Ku Klux Klan was an underground campaign of violence against republican leader, both black and white. -
John Ross
John Ross is part Scottish and part Cherokee. He served under Andrew Jackson against the Creeks. John had to lead the Cherokee people 1,000 miles away from their home in Georgia. -
The Fourteenth Amendment
The amendment granted citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States. This included former slaves. -
Fifteenth Amendment
This amendment granted African men the right to vote.
