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The capital was moved three times before it actually moved to Louisville.
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The university of Georgia was founded in the year of 1785 on the 27th of January.It is the oldest and and largest educational institution in Georgia.
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Whitney invented cotton gin which replaced indigo and tobacco as the the region's major cash crop.48 million pounds were produced in 1801
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Was one of the most significant events during the Revolutionary war.Georgia legislators were bribed to sell most of the land that makes up Mississippi to four land companies for 500,000 dollars.
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A settlement of a dispute between slave and free states contained in several laws passed during 1820 and 1821.
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Was flooded by thousands of people digging for gold.One of the biggest Gold rushes in Georgia.
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was a case in which the u.s. supreme court chose the conviction of Worcester. Ruled that non native Americans
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Turner was a bishop of an African Methodist episcopal church,author, and a civil rights activist.Turner founded over 100 churches .He also helped organize the Georgia republican party.
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Resulted in thousands of deaths.The trail of tears was a result of Native Americans or Indians and tribes being forced to move.A result of the Indian removal act.
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Laws that were passed because of groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it.Some people wanted slavery and some did not that's when the compromise came in place .
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The Compromise of 1850 were laws that were passed dealing with slavery.California wanted to enter the union as a free state not allowing slavery.
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The Kansas Nebraska Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery .The act was passed by congress.
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A statement that was made by a Georgia convention in response to the Compromise of 1850.
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The Georgia platform is an adopted proclamation.The proclamation was drawn up by Charles Jenkins.
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Dred Scott was a slave that wanted to be a free man.Scott lost the case in the State court.
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Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell.
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The union blockade of Georgia was a naval strategy by the U.S. to prevent the Confederacy from trading.The Blockade lasted until the end of the war which was 1865.The union blockade was also known as the anaconda plan.
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Was the first battle fought in the union territory between the confederate and the Union.The north won the war although the battle lasted 12 hours
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A presidential proclamation executive order that was issued by President Lincoln.It freed slaves from the south but not all slaves.Was signed January 1st 11863.
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The battle was fought for three days.It lasted from July first to the third.It stopped the Confederate army from invading the North again.There were more than 50,000 casualties.
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The battle of chickamauga lasted for three days.The first major battle of the civil war that was fought in Georgia.
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was the deadliest prison in the Civil War. Of the 45,000 Union soldiers that were imprisoned there nearly 13,000 died.
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The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought.Was a plan to defeat the Confederate army.
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A military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864.Conducted by the union army.
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The Freedmans Bureau was an important agency of assisting freed slaves in the south. Was created by president Lincoln
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The Freedmans Bureau was an important agency of assisting freed slaves in the south. Was created by president Lincoln
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The 13th amendment officialy abolished slavery in America.It was ratified on December 6, 1865 by congress.
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The 14th Amendment focuses on citizenship rights and equal protection of laws.Was proposed in response to issues of former slaves following the civil war.
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Stops the federal and state from denying a citizen the right to vote because of their race or previous condition of servitude.The law was passed by congress on February 26,1869 and was ratified on February 3,1870.
