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University of Georgia founded
The University of Georgia was founded on January 27, 1785 in the city of Athens, GA. The University of Georgia was the first University to be established by a state government. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was the inventor that created the Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin was a machine that allowed the production of cotton to greatly increase in speed. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
An event in Georgia legislators were bribed to sell most of the land that is now the state of Mississippi. The land was sold to 4 different land companies for a total of around $500,000. -
Capital moved to Louisville
Louisville served as the 3rd capital of Georgia from 1796 to 1807. The city plan was originally made to look like Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Missouri Compromise
This was an attempt by Congress to defuse the political rivalries that were triggered by the request of Missouri to become a state where slavery is legal. During this time there were 22 states evenly split between Slave States and Slave Free States. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
By late 1829 thousands of prospecters were in Georgia in search of gold. To try and find the gold people looked up and down valleys to try and find a spot that looked promising. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia was a court case between the Cherokee Indians and the Georgia Government. The court ruled that individual states had no authority on american Indian Affairs. -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was when the Cherokee were forced to move fromtheir land in Mississippi into current day Oklahoma. The Cherokee had to move from their land because of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 is when 5 seperate billed passed by the United States Congress stopped a four year political confrontation between states that allow slavery and states that don't regarding the territoy gained after the Mexican American War. -
Georgia Platform
This was a statement executed by a Georgia Convention in response to the Compromise of 1850. Declared that the North could no longer attack the rights of the Southern states and affirmed acceptance of the Compromise. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was an act passed by Congress which allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether they wanted slavery to be legal or not. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case was a court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was not entitled to freedom even though he lived in a slavery free state. They also stated that African Americans would never be citizens of the United States. -
Election of 1860
This is the election in which Abraham Lincoln defeated John C. Breckinridge. The results of the election led to the end of slavery. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
This was when President Abraham Lincoln called for a blockade around the entire Southern Coastline. This was a defensive strategy by the Confederates in which they blocked the entire Southern Coastline. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam also known as Battle of Sharpsburg was an assault against Robert E. Lee’s forces.The assaults on Robert E. Lee's forces was lead by George McClellan. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was proclamation and executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation freed around 500,000 slaves. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1-3, 1863. The Battle was between General Robert E. Lee's army and General George G. Meade's army. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga lasted from September 18–20, 1863. This battle also marked the end of Union offensive in Tennessee. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
This prison camp held more prisoners at any given time than any of the other Confederate military prisons. During the 14 months it existed 45,000 prisoners were imprisoned here. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta. This Campaign lasted around 4 months. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea more commonly known as the Savannah Campaign was a military campaign that was conducted throughout Georgia. This lasted from November 15 to December 21. There were about 60,000 soldiers led by Union General William T. Sherman on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah. -
KKK Founded
The Klu Klux Klan more commonly reffered to as the KKK was founded by 6 Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee. The KKK members were usually either white supremacists, white nationalists, and anti-immigration. -
Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau were a United States federal government agency created in 1865 to aid freed slaves. The Freedmen's Bureau was created by Abraham Lincoln and was only intended to last a year after the Civil War. The group was disbanded in 1871. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished Slavery. This Amendment made it so no more states would be able to own slaves. -
Henry McNeal Turner
Henry McNeal Turner was born in 1834 in Newberry Courthouse, South Carolina. His parents were Sarah Greer and Hardy Turner. He was a pioneering church organizer and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgia.
