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Whitney built the first cotton gin.His father was an inventor so he grew up making things.
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Georgia was the first state to charter a university.In 1784 the general assembly set aside 40,000 acers of land for this school.
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The Georgia legislature was bribed to sell land which is now Mississippi.It was a scheme to get them to sell the land.
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It was Georgia's third capital.
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Congress passed the law that said Missouri was a state.It was also dispute between free and slave states.
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The gold rush started in Lumpkin county.It began in 1829.No one is certain who made the first discovery of the gold.The Milledgville newspaper made the first notice of the gold.
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The Cherokee Indians had to move to Oklahoma.The Cherokees called this journey the Trail of Tears.Andrew Jackson made them move.
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It was a trial the supreme court held in Georgia.It went from late 20's to early 30's.
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A bill passed by congress.It was for free and slave states.
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A statement executed by Georgia.It was done in Millidgeville.It was a compromise.
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it aloud people in those territories to decide if they wanted slavery.The act repealed the Missouri Compromise.
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Scott went to court to try and when the rights of being a free man.
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This is the year Abraham Lincoln.He tried ending slavery.
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It was also called the battle of Sharpsburg. The confederate army advanced into Maryland.
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Was a proclamation the president gave.
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This was the greatest battle of the civil war.The north won this battle.It is also known as the turning point of the war.
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This battle was fought in northwest Georgia.the South won this battle.
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It is also known as camp Sumter.There were 45,000 prisoners.It had 13,000 casualties.It is found in Andersonville.
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A series of battles fought in the western theaters of Atlanta.It happened the summer of 1864.
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Union troops moved south west from Atlanta to Savannah.During this march Sherman and his troops burned everything in there path.The only city he did not burn on this march was Savannah.
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It was a bureau for refuges.It was established in 1865.It was started to aid freed slaves.It was when in the south was in reconstruction.
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It was the 13 amendment.It banned slavery.
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The union blocked and stopped all the ships from coming into the ports in Georgia.
