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Missouri compromise
It was an effort to preserve the balance of power in congress between slaves and free states. This act help Dred Scott in his case because the supreme court thought it was unconstional. source George Info. -
Dred scott
he sewed his owner because he tried to keep him in the north as a slave. When people in the north herd about it they were mad this problem later helped Lincoln get elected three years later. soorce GA. Info. -
Ku Klux Klan
It was a klan that hated black people having power, so they would kill them if they felt like that they did something wrong. They really hated blacks voting and the confederate General Nathan Bedfort was the Grand Wizard. source GA. Encyclopedia -
Union blockade
this was a straegy the union used to cut off imports by blocking all confederate ports. Georgia used Atlanta to store goods that the blockade runners got, the Union caught on to this and knew Atlanta was a key place to tae out. source Textbook -
Battle of Chickamauga
this battle was caused when Lincoln wanted Rosecrans to attack chattanoga to capture an import railroad junctio.Union captured Chattanoga, but Rosecran was replaced by Ulysses Grant who played a key role in the invasion of Georgia. source Georgia Info. -
Henry McNeal Turner
He was a preacher and educater who worked for freedmen's Bureau and was in GA. staehouse of representatives. Turner became an advocate for black immigratation to Africa and for expansion of the AME church. source Georgia Info