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University of Georgia Founded
Georgia became the first state to charter a state supported university. -
Eli Whitney and the cotton Gin
Eli Whitney left New England and headed South in 1792, years later he would invent the first cotton gin. -
Capital Moved to Louisville
After the British left, the capital was moved to Louisville. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
This was a scheme by which which Georgia was bribed to sell most of their land. This land is now known as Mississippi. -
Missouri Compromise
This was a dispute between slave and free states. There were several laws passed during 1820 and 1821 -
William Mcintosh
William Mcintosh was a chief of the creek nation between the 19th century and the time of creek removal to Indian territory -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
It started in 1829 present-day Lumpkin County, and soon spread through north Georgia. -
Worcester V. Georgia
This was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester. -
John Marshall
John Marshall was an American politician, and served as the fourth Chief Justice. -
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Trail of Tears
This was the route along which the U.S. Government forced several tribes of Native Americans down. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was an American soldier who served as the seventh president of the United States. -
Compromise of 1850
This was a set of laws passed in the midst of fierce wrangling, between groups for slavery and groups against it. -
Georgia Platform
This was a statement executed by a Georgia convention in Milledgville, Georgia. This took place on December 10, 1850. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was passed by U.S. congress on May 30,1854. This allowed people to decide whether they wanted slavery or didn't. -
Dred Scot Case
This was a legal case where the Supreme court said African Americans could never be citizens of the U.S. -
Election of 1860
This was an election held on Nov. 6,1860 in which republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern democrat John Breckenridge. -
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Union Blockade of Goergia
A battle between ship and shore on the coast of confederate Georgia. This was a union strategy to subdue the state during the Civil war. -
Emancipation Proclomation
This was an event where Abraham Lincoln said that all slaved could be free. -
Battle of Chickamauga
Braxton Bragg's army of Tennessee defeated a union force during the Civil war. -
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Andersonville prison Casmp
This camp held more prisoners at any given time than any of the other confederate military prisons. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Sherman's goal was to destroy the army of Tennessee, capture Atlanta, and cut off confederate supply lines. -
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Sherman's March To The Sea
The purpose of this was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the confederate cause. -
Thirteenth Amendment
This amendment said that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime. -
Freedman's Bureau
This was established to help former black slaves and poor whites after the Civil War. -
Klu Klux Klan Formed
This is a secret hate group in the Southern U.S that focuses on white supremacy and terrorizes other groups. -
John Ross
John Ross was the principal chief of the Cherokee nation from 1828 to 1866. -
Fourteenth Amendment
This says that all people born in the U.S, are citizens of the U.S. -
Fifteenth Amendment
This prohibits the Federal and State Governments from denying a citizen the right to vote.
