Checkpoint 2

  • 1830 BCE

    Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    Andrew Jackson made the Trail of Tears to remove the Indians from their home land.Some died on the Trail of Tears because some died of starvation or cause it was too cold or diseases.
  • University of Georgia founded

    University of Georgia founded
    The University of Georgia offers 140 degrees.It has seventeen schools and colleges.
  • Capital moved to Louisville

    Capital moved to Louisville
    The Jefferson building was the first capitol building.Louisville is best known for their Kentucky Fried Chicken.
  • Yazoo Land Fraud

    Yazoo Land Fraud
    Georgia legislators were bribed to sell most of thier land. The Yazoo Act was written and burned on the grounds of the statehouse.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise was ti make the slave state a free state.They wanted Maine to be a free state and Missouri a slave state.
  • Dahlonega Gold Rush

    Dahlonega Gold Rush
    It started in Lumpkin County.It started to spread.American indians knew about the gold in Appalachain mountains before the Spanish Conquistadors.
  • Worcester v .Georgia

    Worcester v .Georgia
    The Worcester v.Georgia deals with the law being passed in late 1800s. The laws were for that the Indians couldn't live in their land.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The Compromise of 1850 was a package of separate bills passed by the United State congress.It was for to solve several slave issues.
  • Georgia platform

    Georgia platform
    Charles J.Jenkins supported the Georgia platform.They wanted Georgia to stay a slave state.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress.It was for whether or not to allow slavery on their borders.
  • Dred Scott Case

    Dred Scott Case
    Dred Scott has spent his time in a free state but was sent to a slavery state.He wanted to be free but Chief Justice Roger B.Taney disagreed.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern democrat John C. Breckridge and two more.Abraham is the person who stopped the slavery.
  • Union Blockade of Georgia

    Union Blockade of Georgia
    The Union try to block any goods,weapons or anything else from coming across Georgia.The Blockade was a in a bigger strategy called The Anaconda Plan.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    The Battle of Antietam took place on Sharpsburg,Washington County,Maryland.The Union won and the Virginia withdrew.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order.It was for the slaves to be free and they have to be free forever.
  • Battle of Gettysberg

    Battle of Gettysberg
    The Union and Confederate soldiers fought in the battle. Robert E.Lee has led his army to victory.
  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment
    The Fourteenth amendment was about people have rights as a citizen.You have to be born in the United states to be a citizen.
  • Battle of Chickamauga

    Battle of Chickamauga
    A army of Tennessee defeated a Union force.They fought the battle for the land of Chickamauga Creek
  • Sherman's Atlanta Campaign

    Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
    The Union burned Atlanta.Sherman had won the campaign and the Conferdancy was doom.
  • Sherman's March To The Sea

    Sherman's March To The Sea
    The purpose of the March To The Sea was to frighten Geogia's civilian to abondon the Confederate Cause
  • Henry McNeal Turner

    Henry McNeal Turner
    He was a pioneer church organizer.He was never a slave,his grandmother was white plantation owner.
  • Andersonville Prison Camp

    Andersonville Prison Camp
    The Andersonville Prison camp was for captured Union soldiers.The Captain was Henry Writz.
  • Freedman's Bureau

    Freedman's Bureau
    The Freedman's Bureau was for the free black man.4 million people got their freedom.
  • Thirteenth amendment

    Thirteenth amendment
    It was about slavery and it says that slavery isn't allowed in the United states. They made this amendment so they can't see black folks get treated wrong.
  • Ku Klux Klan formed

    People hated black people so they formed the KKK.The goal of the KKK was to kill all of black american.
  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment
    The 15th amendment was about if you as a citizen have the right to vote.You have to vote at the age of 18.
  • Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
    In 1794 the cotton machine was made.Eli Whitney made a lot of money for a machine that gets the cotton seeds out fast.