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University of Georgia founded
Georgia was the first state to charter a supported university.
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Yazoo land fraud
Georgia's legislative were bribed in 1795 to sell most of the land.
Much land had been resold to third parties, who refused the states money and claimed the territory. -
Capital moved to Louisville
Louisville severed as the capital for 11 years.
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Missouri Compromise
The missouri compromise was criticized by most sourthens.
For his work on the missouri compromise senator henry clay became known as the "Great Pacificator". -
William Mclntosh
On April 30,1825 200 creek Indians set fire to a plantation house, and shot and stabbed the owner to death.
The owner was William Mclntosh a creek Indian chief killed by his people. -
Dehlonega Gold Rush
Benjamin Park was in the woods walking and kicked a rock, but come to find out it was gold.
The US government established a branch mint at Dahlonega in 1835 and made 6 million coins in golds coins before closing in 1861. -
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Trail of Tears
The goal of this civilization campaign was to make native americans like americans as much as they could.
Idians were removed from the northern states. -
Worcester V.S. Georgia
This was a case in which the united states supreme court vacated the conviction of samuel worcester.
The opinion was most famous for it's dicta which raid out the relationship between tribe and state. -
John Marshall
He was the longest serving chief Justice and the fourth longest serving justice in the us supreme court.
Marshall's court made several important -
Andrew Jackson
Jackson national fame as a military hero, he was a polarzing- political figure during the 1820's and 1830's.
Jackson was taken prisoner by British soldiers. -
Dred Scott Case
Scott and his wife filed a lawsuit against Irene Emerson for their freedom. No one knows why it took him so long to sue. It took him nine years . -
Compromise of 1850
Five laws were passed that involved slavery.
In 1849 california requested permission to become a free state. -
Georgia PLatform
Georgia Platform is a statement of qualified support for U.S union among GA conservatives of 1850. The GA platform was a set o f resolutions that accepted the compromise of 1850. The platform said that GA would obey the compromise ''as a permanent adjustment of the sectional country.'' -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The act was passed amd allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to make the decision for themselves whether to allow slavery. The act made many angry in the North, because they upheld the Missouri Compromise to be long term. Violence was soon taken and led by John Brown. The area had the nickname of ''Bleeding Kansas.'' -
Election of 1860
The United States had become increasingly divided during the 1860's. The Republican party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states. -
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union blockage
in the civil war a blockage was established on confederates ports.
the government convinced the foreign governments to see the blockage as a tool of war. -
Emancipation
Emancipation is any effort to procure economic and social rights The act or an instance of emancipating. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Gettysburg was the only battle bloodier then the Battle of Chickamauga.
U.S General George Thomas earned the name ''Rock of Chickamauga'' because he held of the confederate troops long enough for the Union Army to retreat. -
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Andersonville prison camp
The southwest Georgia to provide relief for the large prisons.
By 1864 it had the largest prison population of its time -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
There were 3,400 union soldiers and 40,000 confederate soldiers engaged.
The atlanta campaign was a sagie of atlanta and buildings of military. -
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Sherman's march to the sea
The campaign began with Sherman troops leaving the captured the city of Atlanta. The operation broke broke back of the confederacy and helped lead its eventual surrender. -
Thirteenth Amendment
13th amendment to the u.s abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except for punishment of a crime.
It was passed in the aftermath of the civil war. -
Freedom Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was an important agency assisting Freeman in the South.
The Bureau was part of the United States department of War, -
Ku Klux Klan
Known as the kkk or the klan, founded by richard reed, frank o mcCord,John c Lester and John b Kennedy.
Thief movements were called for "purification american society." -
John Ross
He was elected the national committee of the Cherokee Indians after the creek war in 1814.
John Ross' creek name was koo-wi-s-gu-wi. -
Fourteenth Amendment
Passed for citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws.
It was in response to issues related to former slaves after the civil war. -
Fifteenth Amendment
For the right of citizens to vote and not be denied by any states,according to race or colors. -
Eli Whitney and cotton gin.
He planned on being a tutor but instead he stayed with a widow on her plantation.
Whitney learned about cotton production, the difficulty cotton farmers faced.
