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Andrew Jackson
Was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. -
William Mcintosh
Was one of the most prominent chiefs of the Creek Nation between the turn of the nineteenth century and the time of Creek removal to Indian Territory. -
John Marshall
Was an American politician and the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. -
Capital moved to Louisville
The capital was moved to Augusta, then Louisville was a new city being built on the Oconee River. -
University of Georgia founded
Is the oldest largest,and all-inclusive educational institution of Georgia. Chartered by the Georgia General Assembly in 1785. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". -
John Ross
Chief of the American Cherokee Indians, headed his tribe during the saddest era in its history, when it was removed from its ancestral lands to Oklahoma -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
invented the Cotton Gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
Was a massive real-estate fraud perpetrated, in the mid-1790s, by Georgia governor George Mathews and the Georgia General Assembly. -
Missouri Compromise
Is the title generally attached to the legislation passed by the 16th United States Congress -
Dahlonega Gold rush
According to one anecdote, John Witheroods found a three-ounce nugget along Duke's Creek in Habersham County. -
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Trail of Tears
Was a series of forced relocation of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to other areas. -
Worcester V. Georgia
Deals with Georgia state laws that were passed in the middle of the 1800s. These laws were passed following an agreement reached between the Cherokee tribe and the state government of Georgia. -
Compromise of 1850
Consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery. -
Georgia Platform
A statement executed by a Georgia convention in Milledgeville, Georgia -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Case
Was a landmark decision by the United States supreme Court on U.S. labor law and constitution. -
Election of 1860
Was the 19th quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Was a series of battles fought in the western theater of the American Civil War. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
Strategy centered on Savannah, the states most significant port city. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln. -
Battle of Chickamauga
Between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
A confederate prison camp during the final twelve months of the American Civil War. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slaver and involuntary servitude. -
Freedman's Bureau
An agency of the U.S. Department of war. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
Hate organizations that have employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. -
14th Amendment
State shall not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
