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University of Georgia Founded
The founder of this university was Abraham Baldwin. The General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of land for this college or seminary of learning. -
Capital Moved to Louisville
Savannah and Augusta was the capital of Ga. Ten years later the capital was established in the city of Louisville. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli patented the cotton gin it was a machine that removed seeds from the cotton way faster. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
In 1975 Georgia legislators were bribed to sell the most land. The Yazoo Land Fraud was one of the most significant events since the Revolutionary War. -
Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill under the condition that slavery was to be forever not allowed in the Louisiana Purchase. This was on the border of Missouri. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
This gold rush started in Lumpkin County and started to spread. The cherokee was flooded lusting for gold. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
The supreme court considered its powers to enforce the rights of native Americans. Samuel Worcester held the Georgia criminal statute which prohibited non Native americans on native american land without a license. -
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Trail of Tears
On this trail nearly a fourth of the Cherokee population died on this trail. The trail ended in Oklahoma. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 happened in Milledgeville, Georgia. It was drawn up by Charles J. Jenkins -
Georgia Platform
This platform happened in Milledgeville, Ga. It happened in response to the Compromise of 1850. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was passed by the US congress. It allowed people to be in the territories of Nebraska and Kansas. -
Dred Scott Case
This decision was when the Supreme Court gave the right to slave owners to take their slaves into Western territories. It was also for letting black slaves become free. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln defeated other Democrats and a Constitutional Union Candidate. The republicans needed 152 electoral votes and Abraham had 180. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The Union Blockade of Georgia was during the Civil War. It was centered in Savannah most significant port city. -
Battle of Antietam
The confederate and union troops in the Civil War which was the bloodiest one day in American history. President Lincoln put general McClellan in charge of the union troops. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was a Presidental proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It was for 3 million slaves enslaved people to go from "slave" to "free". -
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Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania around the American Civil war. The Confederals swept the Federals from the fields west and north of town. -
Battle of Chickamauga
Where this battle was fought they named it Chickamauga Creek. The union continued to force the Confeereate army out of Chattanooga. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on 285 mile march from Atlanta, Ga to Savannah, Ga. The purpose of this march was to frighten Georgia's civilization population. -
Freedman's Bureau
This was to free slaves in the south during Reconstruction of the United States. 4 million slaves gained their freedom. -
Thirteenth Admendment
This Admendment was to abolish slavery. It went through the House, Senate and Congress -
Henry McNeal Turner
He was a pioneer in Georgia. He also was a missionary for the Arican Methodist Episcopal Church. -
Fourteenth Admendent
This admendment was to have equal protection of laws. It was in response to slaves from the Civil War. -
Fifteenth Admendment
This admendment was for african american the right to vote. It was passed by the congress. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
The purpose of this Prison was for holding Confederate military prisoners. It was build in 1864. -
Ku Klux Klan
This group was formed in Tennessee. They tried to kill blacks.
