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University of Georgia Founded
The university of Georgia, was the first state-supported university. The state provided land, for free education. Abraham Baldwin, was the first president of UGA. -
Capital Moved to Louisville
Louisville was the capital from 1796-1807. The legislature moved the capital to remain central to west word expansion. They wanted to keep up with the population. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
The cotton gin helped Georgia a lot. It increased profits and production. The cotton gin was used by many, and they needed slaves to pick all the cotton. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo Land Fraud was when land companies bribed legislatures to sell land in the west. Georgia suffered for the act. The government took modern day Alabama and Mississippi away from them. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri came to the U.S. as a slave state, but Maine was a free state. The U.S. attempted to keep a balance between free and slave states. They compromised, and used Missouri's southern to split up slave and free states. -
William McIntosh
William McIntosh was a controversial chief lower creeks in early - nineteenth country Georgia. His general support of the United states and its effort to obtain cessions of creek territory. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
The U.S. wanted Cherokee land. The Dahlonega Gold Rush was why, the U.S. wanted the gold to themselves. They made the Cherokee leave. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester vs. Georgia was about how the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding a distinct sovereign powers. The Cherokee were not protected from being removed. Georgia's relentless campaign to remove them. -
John Marshall
He was an american politician. John Marshall had no formal schooling, and was in law school for only six weeks. He still remains the only judge in American history of a statesman to come entirely from his judicial career. -
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Trail of Tears
One of the saddest periods of Georgia history was the Trail of Tears. The government forced the Cherokee to move west. The Cherokee had to walk through extremely cold weathers and rough grounds. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was born in poverty, but overcame that and became the most wealthy lawyer in Tennessee. He became America's seventh president in 1829. Jackson ended up becoming the new democratic leader. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was an attempt to keep a balance between places. California came to into the U.S. as a free state. The free state would have an advantage over laws. They comprimised with the fugitive slave law. -
Georgia Platform
The Georgia Platform had significance throughout the south. It was an effective antidote to secession. it was executed by a Georgia Convention in response to the Compromise of 1850. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act made a law mandating popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska. Popular sovereignty means voting on slaves. Pro slavery settled in Missouri and anti slavery settlers in Iowa. -
Dred Scott Case
Scott was a slave whose owner moved to a free state. Scott sued for freedom saying that he should be freed. The court ruled him not free because he was not a citizen, but property. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 elected Abraham Lincoln as president. The south was unhappy about him winning the election. He was against slavery. He just wanted to keep slavery where it was, no more expansion. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The union blockade was a union strategy to block all confederate parts. This would prevent the south from selling cotton. It would also stop the south from getting other goods they need. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Five days after the battle of Antietam Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The document ultimately affected 4 million slaves in the U.S.. Lincoln wanted the confederate to end the war. -
Battle of Chickamauga
In this battle union forces moved against major confederate railroad center in Chattanooga. The confederate army defeated the union forces and forced the union back into Tennessee. By November of 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant arrived with more troupes and took back Chattanooga. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
Andersonville was a prisoner of prison war camp. This was a dirty prison, the only shelter was what the prisoners made. There was also not enough food, water, or medical supplies. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
General U.S. grant left 112,000 men in Chattanooga. Sherman took those men and began a campaign towards Atlanta. Atlanta was important because of industries. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
When Sherman left Atlanta he quickly moved to Savannah. On his way he destroyed and burned everything in a path 60 miles wide. He destroyed all military targets and civilian economic systems. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The 13th amendment freed all slaves in the U.S.. Congress had power to enforce this article. Slaves were still not consider citizens, but free. They were not believed to be citizens in this period. -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was to help both former slaves and poor whites. After a while, the bureau's focus changed to just helping former slaves. -
Klu Klux Klan Formed
The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) was a group of former confederate soldiers who were mad about slaves being free. They went around at night and violently bribed the slaves not to stretch the freedom.They wore white clothes over clothes. -
John Ross
John Ross was the chief of the American Cherokee Indians. He was the leader of the saddest moments in Georgia history. He was born near Lookout Mountain Tennessee. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The 14th amendment declared all slaves citizens. They now counted as part of the population. The south now had a higher population then the north. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th amendment gave black men the right to vote. Women were still not allowed to vote at this time. Although black men had the right to vote, they still had many restrictions.
