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Capital Moved to Louisville
After the British left, the capital was moved to Louisville while a new city was being built on the Oconee River -
University of Georgia Founded
When the university of Georgia was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney left New England and headed South in 1792, for the next seven months he invented a machine that profoundly altered the course of american History -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo sale of 1795 did much to strain relations with the federal government for a generation -
Missouri Compromise
title generally attached to the legislation passed by the 16th United States Congress -
William McIntosh
Was a controversial chief of the lower creek Indians in early nineteenth century -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Started in present-day Lumpkin County near the county seat, Dahlonega, and soon spread through the North Georgia mountains, following the Georgia Gold Belt -
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Trail of Tears
Series of forced relocation, sometimes at gun point, Native Americans were forced to leave their homelands. -
Worcester V. Georgia
Case in Georgia, which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester -
John Marshall
American politician and the fourth chief justice of the United States -
Andrew Jackson
American soldier and statesmen who served as seventh president -
Compromise of 1850
the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave ytrade in Washington, D.C., was abolished -
Georgia Platform
a statement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville, Georgia -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska ton decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders -
Election of 1850
was a 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
war between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War -
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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 -
thirteenth amendment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude -
Freedman's Bureau
an agency of the United States department of war -
Ku Klux Klan
three distinct movement in the United States that have advocated extremist reactionary positions, such as white supremacy -
John Ross
Principal chief of the Cherokee nation -
fourteenth amendment
state shall not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law -
fifteenth amendment
prohibits the federal and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote
