Checkpoint 2

By 1jsmith
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney

    He was an american inventor and he invented the cotton gin. He studied at Yale. The cotton gin seperated the seed from the cotton.
  • Yazoo land Fraud

    Yazoo land Fraud

    Some Ga legislatures were bribed with $500,000 to sell land that is now Mississippi. This price is way below the potential price it is worth.
  • University of Georgia

    University of Georgia

    It was the university in Ga. This was done by the general assembly in 1785.
  • Missouri compromise

    Missouri compromise

    It was the U.S federal statute made by Henry Clay. It was what controlled the slave trade.
  • Dahlonega gold rush

    Dahlonega gold rush

    They found gold in Ga at this time. This man by the name of John Witheroods found a three-ounce nugget along Duke's Creek.
  • Worcester v. Georgia

    Worcester v. Georgia

    This was a case in court in 1832 were the Cherokee Indians wanted to develope a constitution
  • Henry McNeal Turner

    Henry McNeal Turner

    He was born in Newberry, SC. He was a missionary in Georgia.
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    Trail of Tears

    It was part of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal program. It is called the trail of tears because the trail they took was were the cried and they were sad so it is called the trail of tears.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    When this happened it to regard the status of the Mexican - American War
  • Georgia Platform

    Georgia Platform

    It was a statement executed by the Georgia Gov't. In response to the compromise of 1850.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    It allowed people in these two states to use their land for slaves if they wanted to.
  • Dred Scott case

    Dred Scott case

    This was During the Civil War He was living with owner in a free state then the state turned non free to slaves.
  • Union blockade of Georgia

    Union blockade of Georgia

    It was a Naval thing and it blocked the Confederacy from trading.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    The Potomac army was in this war they were commanded by George McClellan this army attacked the confederacy and started war with Gen. E. Lee.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    This was issued by President Abraham Lincoln and it helped free slaves.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    General Robert E. Lee took his army and marched through Virginia to Pennsylvanian and fought against the Union
  • Battle of Chickamauga

    Battle of Chickamauga

    It was a battle that took place during the civil war in 1863. Braxton Bragg’s army which was Tennessee the beat the Union.
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    Andersonville Prison Camp

    It was located at fort Sumter It held more prisoners than any other confederate military prison.
  • Sherman's Atlanta Campaign

    Sherman's Atlanta Campaign

    He wanted to destroy Atlanta and cut off trade and while doing this he boosted Abraham Lincoln"s chance of re-election
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    Sherman's March to the Sea

    He marched his people to the sea While doing this he destroyed Georgia things like buildings, railways, and fields ,etc.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Ablolished all the slaves
  • Freedman's Bureau

    Freedman's Bureau

    This freed slaves in the south.
  • Ku Klux Klan Formed

    Ku Klux Klan Formed

    It was formed in Pulaski, TN. The name originated from combining the Greek kyklos (κύκλος, circle) with clan.
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    It protects rights as citizens of The USA
  • The capital moved to Louisville

    The capital moved to Louisville

    Savannah held the capital of Ga until this time Atlanta got it. It was also in Milledgeville but they became unhappy here and got moves to Atlanta
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    Voting Rights
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    It was when Abraham Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge , Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell.