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Georgia Platform
The Georgia Platform was made to settle or balance the issues between the north and south about slavery and non-slavery states. The platform was a big contributor to avoiding a national problem,but majority knew it wouldn't last(New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott attempted to sue his owner for keeping him a slave in Illinois & Indiana since they were both free states. The Dred Scott decision had an angry criticism, and was an huge factor for Abraham Lincoln’s election.(new ga encyclopedia) -
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Antietam
The union broke through Confederate soldiers in the afternoon and forcing them to retreat. The battle was also called Sharpsburg since it took place in Sharpsburg, Maryland also Antietam creek.(georgiainfo) -
Gettysburg
Confederates moved their forces and searched various targets, such as Harrisburg,and Pennsylvania. The battle started when the confederates were looking for shoes and stumbled upon union teams who were already there!(http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/thisday/cwhistory/07/01/battle-of-gettysburg-began) -
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments and Black Codes
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments abolished slavery, naturalized blacks as U.S. citizens, and allows everyone to vote. The south, especially Georgia disagreed with these amendments and found loopholes called the Black Codes, they restricted blacks rights and freedom.(georgia info and georgia encyclopedia) -
Sharecropping & Tenant Farmers
A tenant farmer is a person(s) who gets food, seed, tools, and shelter who works on land and gets a share of crops they produce. in some cases, the land owner tried to take control over the non-farm life of the sharecropper, and even told them how everything was going to work form amount of fertilizer to use to how much seed will be planted.(New Georgia Encyclopaedia)