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The University of Georgia
found in January,27 1785 in Athens Ga -
Eli Whitney
born in 1794 patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton -
Yazoo Land Fraud
U.S, scheme by which Georgia's legislatures were bribed in 1795 to sell most of their land now making up the state of Mississippi. -
Henry McNeal Turner
was a minister, politician and the elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Church -
Missouri Comprimise
an effort by congress to defuse that sectional and political rivalries -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
the gold rush started in 1829 in Lumpkin and begin spreading rapidly -
Worcester V. Georgia
the U.S supreme court that the Cherokee Indians constituted in 1832 -
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Trail of Tears
+In 1838-1839, as a part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal; policy, the Cherokee Indians were forced to give up its lands and east of the Mississippi River. -
Georgia Platform
a statement executed by a Georgia convention by Milledgeville, Georgia December 10, 1850 -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott Case was in 1857 -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
union strategy centered on Savanna, the State most Significant port city. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg
the greatest battle of the civil war, fought in South-Central Pennsylvania in 1863 -
The Battle of Chikamunga
was fought between the army of Cumberland under Maj -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
confederate prison-of-war-camp during the 12 months of the American Civil War -
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Sherman's Atlanta campaign
a series of battles fought the western theater of the civil war throughout northern Georgia -
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Sherman's march to sea
a movement of union army troops of General William Tecumseh -
Thirteenth Amendment
to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. -
Freedman's Bureau
was a U.S. federal government agency established in 1865 to aid freedmen in the south during the Reconstruction era of the United States -
Ku Klux Klan
is a secret society in the southern U.S. that focuses on white supremacy and terrorizes other groups -
Capital moved to Lousiville
fist moved to Augusta and then moved to Louisville -
fourteenth amendment
to the United states Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868 as one of the Reconstitution Amendments -
fifteenth amendment
to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state government from denying a citizen -
Kansas-Nebraska act
passed by the U.S congress on may 30,1954 -
compromise of 1850
a package of 5 separate bills by the United States congress -
Battle of Atietam
started in September 17, 1862 and ended in the same year and date.
