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Nullification
The South was buying goods from other countries and the North wanted to the South to buy from them. The Georgia legislature went against the nullification, which left South Carolina alone, but in 1833 Henry Clay gave another compromise and South Carolina agreed to the compromise. (New Georgia Studies Textbook) -
Compromise of 1850
California entered as a free state and the North had to send back runaway slaves. The compromise of 18050 led to new political parties in Georgia like the the Southern Rights Party and the pro-Union. (New Georgia Studies Textbook) -
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Andersonville
Confederate soldiers would take surviving Union soldiers to the prison and starve them and treat them very poorly. The over population in the prison lead to sewage in the water and because of the dirty water diseases took many lives. (New Georgia Studies Textbook) -
Sharecropping
You rent land and the owner of the land would provide food and shelter and in return you would give half of your profit. Sharecropping helped shape Georgia's agriculture and by the 1900s cotton was a big deal thanks to the tenant farmer. (New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
Ku Klux Klan
The KKK would force African Americans back into plantations and kill them too, and they did not believe in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment. The KKK would prevent African Americans and Republicans from voting which would sway the winner and looser results. (New Georgia Studies Textbook) -
Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War and it was a turning point for the Union. After Gettysburg all battles were fought in the South, which damaged the economy and land in the South. (New Georgia Studies Textbook)