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Keeping of African Americans having to work against their will
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Missouri was admitted as a slave state. Maine was created as a free state. Slavery would not be allowed in states north of the 36' 30' line of latitude.
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When a state rejects a federal law.
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Georgia could only agree to compromise if North stopped trying to ban slavery in new territories. The north strictly enforced the fugitive slave act.
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California was admitted as a free state. The slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C. Very strict fugitive slave act was passed. Led to Georgia Platform.
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In 1857. Destroyed all comrimises of the previous 30 years.
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Allowed Kansas & Nebraska to choose if they wanted slaves. Northerners complained. Caused war to break out. Kown as "Bleeding Kansas". 200 people were killed.
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Abraham Lincon won the election. He did not win any southern states. Directly led to secession in the south. December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the U.S.
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To seperate & form their own country.
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The bloodiest day in U.S. history.
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Made slaves in rebellious states free. January 1863.
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Camp for union soldiers. 13,00 union soldiers died in the camp. Prisoners suffered from starvation. 45,000 soldiers were held there over the war. Prison commander was hanged for war crimes.
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45,000 people dies. Gettysburg adress brought unity to union.
1st day - union & confederates collide just west of Gettysburg,
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16,000 union cassualties & 18,000 confederates. 2nd bloodest battle, the south won.
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Cut iff railroads & fought in Jonesborough, Sherman captures Atlanta. Sherman wants to March to Savannah. When he is allowed to make his march, burns Atlanta's buildings & houses.
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60,000 troops. 50 mile wide path of destruction, Ended in Savannah. He captured the city of Savannah. Destroyed many southern factories in the process,
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The process of rebuilding. 10th of voters had to take oath. Lincon was assassinated. Each southen state had to create a new Government, South also had to agree to abolish slavery. Congress wanted to punish the south.
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13th - abolished slavey in U.S.
14th - gave citizenship to freed slaves.
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Gave supplies to freed slaves. Provided legal services. Established schools. Helped poor whites.
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Mandated the segregation of African American & whites. Africans were commonly called colored.
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Challenged Jim Crow Laws. Most famous challenge was Plessy vs. Railroad company. Plessy was arrested for sitting in a white only car. Segregation was not against constitution. 'Sperate But Equal."
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Given right to vote (enslaved men). Act of denying a person the right to vote. All women were disenfranchised. Poll tax was adopted in Georgia. Voter also had to demonstrate the he owned property.
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Occured throughout the south. Continued for decades. Not until the civil rights movement in the 1960's would violence against African Americans slow in the region.
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Dignify & glorify common labor. Was born into slavery. Educated by freedmen's school. Later champion education. Washington headed the Tuskegee institute in 1881. Prepared African Americans for agricultural & domestic work. Acomidationsim - widley acclaimed speech at the 1895 cotton states & the exposition in Atlanta
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Critic of accomodationism. He viewed it as simply accepting the racism of southern whites. Founded Niargra movement. Thought African Americans should fight for total racial equality.
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13 year old was murdered in textile mill. Leo Frank was blammed. Jim Conly blammed him (a janitor that was there that night). Leo was hanged, then found innocent later.
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Somebody who pushed for education in black communities. Worked in Atlanta.
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President of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Atlanta's wealthiest black citizen.
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Just as new deal started, European nations began to turn into fascist dictators who promised to end the depression.
Germany - Adolf Hitler
Italy - Benito Mussolini
Japan - Hideki Tojo
War began September 1, 1939 with Germany's suprise attack on Poland. The world divided into groups for the 2nd time in the 20th cenrtury,
The Axis - Germany, Italy, Japan
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Though U.S. was neutral, Roosevelt wanted the democratic nations of Europe (mainly France & Great Britian) to survive. In 1941, congress passed the Leand - Lease Act, lending to any country whose defense was critical to U.S. security, in exchange for bases on Greenland & Iceland. The U.S. ultimately provided the Allies with $50 billion in supplies.
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Tensions between the U.S. & the Empire of Japan increased because of Japanese conquests of China, Tailand, & Indochina. On December 7, 1941 the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Crippled U.S. Pacific fleet, sinking or damaging 8 battleships, 13 other ships, 188 planes, & killing 2,400. It was 2nd attack in U.S. history next to 9-11. The following day, December 8, 1941, the U.S. Congress declared war on Japan.
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Now Lockheed Martin. Located in Marietta, Georgia.
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On June 6, 1944, U.S. led the D-day invasion of Nazi occupied Europe. By May 8, 1945, Hitler was dead & Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies. By August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies after the U.S. dropped atomic boms on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
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Fort Olglethorpe - included an officer traning program.
Fort McPherson - contained a large military hospital.
Camp Handcock - training with machine guns.
Camp Gordon - was home of the 82nd division of the American expeditionary forces.
Camp Benning- later became Fort Benning. -
Built ships. Supplied jobs.
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Bringing millitary bases in Georgia. U.S. Representative.
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Father of the 2nd ocean navy. Georgia governor & senator.