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capital moved to Louisville
After the British left the capital of Georgia was moved to Augusta. After many years people were unhappy and held an election to have it moved to Atlanta. -
University of Georgia
When the university of Georgia was established Georgia became the first state to charter a state supported university. -
Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. The cotton gin revolutionized the production of cotton -
yazoo land fraud
In 1795 Georgia legislators were bribed to sell the land which now is the state of Mississippi. -
Missouri Comprimise
Congress passed a bill stating the slavery was allowed as long as slavery was forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana purchase. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
By late 1829 North Georgia was flooded of prospectors looking for gold. -
Worcester v. Georgia
The supreme court convicted Samuel Worcester for living on Indian land without special permission from the government. -
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Trial of tears
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its land. As result of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy. -
Compromise of 1850
The United States congress passed a law that defused a four year political argument between free and slave states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American war. -
Georgia Platform
The Georgia platform was executed by a Georgia convention in response to the compromise of 1850 -
Kansas-Nebraska act
It allowed people in the territories of Nebraska and Kansas to decide if they wanted to own slaves or not. -
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott was a slave that made an appeal to the Supreme Court in hopes of having freedom. This was denied -
Election of 1860
This is the election that republican Abraham Lincoln won. It was between Republican Abraham Lincoln and democratic Jonh C. Breckinridge. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The union Blockaded Savannah Ga ports. The states most significant port -
Battle of Antietam
Confederate and union soldiers fight against each other in the civil war near Marylands Antietam creek -
Emancipation Proclomation
The Emancipation Proclomation "Freed" all slaves in the United States of America -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle fought in the civil war. This battle took place in Gettysburg Pennsylvania -
Battle of Chickamauga
Braxton Bragg's army of Tennessee deafeated a union force commanded by general William Rosencrans -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
Andersonvilles prison camp is the largest prison held for union soldiers captured by confederate soldiers. -
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Shermans Atlanta Campaign
Federal forces under Maj. Gen. William T. Shermans began battling the confederate army in Tennessee for possession of North Georgia. -
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Sherman's march to the Sea
The march to the sea was the most destructive campaign in the Civil war. -
Freedmans Bureau
A goverment agency formed in 1865 to help aid freed slaves with their new lives -
Thirteenth Amendment
Thirteenth admentment says that slavory or invoulantary servitude shall not take place in the U.S.A unless punishment for a crime -
Ku Klux Klan
Waged violence against black and white republican leaders. -
Henry McNeal Turner
When legislators decided to expel their African American friends Henry gave a speech -
Fourteenth admendment
The 14th admendment granted citizenship and equal civil rights to all African- Americans -
Fifteenth Admendment
The 15th admendment granted African American people the right to vote
