modern GA history

By shawncenn

  • slavery

    was the ownership of africsns from over seas they were put to work and paid nearly nothing
  • Period: to

    modern ga

  • the Missouri compromise

    stopped slavery at the 3630 line

  • Georgia platform

    was passed to say georgia wouldnt agree to anything if the north didnt stop trying to bann slavery

  • Compromise of 1850

    admitted california as a free state

  • Kansas Nebraska act

    allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote

  • Burbon trivute

    joseph brown alphred colquitt and jonh gordon wanted white over all power

  • Dred scott case

    lived in a free state but was taken back to the south tried to sew but the goverment said blacks arent allowed to sew because there property

  • presidental election of 1860

    Abraham Lincon won this election but didnt get any southern votes

  • union blockade

    was in forced by Abraham Lincon saying that 3,500 miles of the pacific and Atlantic coast locked down

  • Antietam

    26,000 soilders died fought in Atietum creek

  • Gettiesburge

    confederation forced clash in the west of Gettiesburge Pennslyvannia over 3 days 45,000 people died

  • battle of chickamagua

    2nd bloodest battle in us history fought for chattanooga and railroads going to atlanta

  • Shermans Atlantic capain

    cuts off Atlantas railroads attack and take back Atlanta in one hour in one hour 1,700 men die

  • Henry Grandy 1881 planner expo

    created by Henry showcased new south

  • the populist party

    wanted better working coditions

  • Sonyy Purdue

    first republican governor since 1886

  • Shermans march to sea

    Had 60,000 men in this march torched a path stole crops supplies and animals. marched 50 miles to savanna

  • Booker T washington

    born into slavery was educated into freedoms school had a famos speach in 1895

  • 1906 race riot

    started afternoon of spetember 22 lasted two days 25 to 40 african americans were kill the main cause was because of the tention between the white and black

  • WW2

    from 1914 tp 1918 started because the nazi party ran by Adolf Hitler took over germany and killed or attempted to kill al jewish people

  • Workd War 1

    intersepted telegraph and the sinking of the lucitania led to this 3,000 soilders died ended in 1918

  • Boll weevil

    migrated from mexico in the 1920

  • roaring twenties

    the economy was at its highest point buisnesses were doing great

  • drought

    lack of rainfall for a ling time croops died out

  • Jimmy Carter

    ekcted governor in 1970 elcted into general assimbly in 1962 also elected as president

  • great dipression

    was and after effected of the roaring 20s banks and buisnesses closed and shut down many jobs were lost

  • civialan conservation corps {ccc}

    started in 1933 plated trees and crops

  • lend a lease act

    passed a law stating the us will help out and donate supplies to are allies for Iceland and Greenland

  • attack on Pearl Habor

    impire o japan sent a fleat of ships to the us coast and killed 24,000 men by a supprise attack damaged ans uck 8 battle ships

  • governors race

    Herman won the race but died and his son thought he had rights to take over but didnt

  • Herman Talamage

    was governor from 1956 to 1981

  • march on washington

    200,000 to 300,000 people attended this march 70% of these people were black these people marched for jobs and there freedom

  • olympics

    was hosted in atlanta ga greatly>Ga greatly gained money and buisnesses near by

  • SNCC

    stands for student nonviolent coordinating commitee was a group astablished during the American civil rights miovment in the 1960s orginized African American voting rights in the south