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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise passed Congress in 1820. It admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state. It barred slavery from the Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30' parallel. (new georgia encyclopedia) -
Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in July 1863, was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War.(new georgia encyclopedia) -
Andersonville War
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee (1807-70) surrendered his Confederate forces to Ulysses Grant (1822-85) at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War. When Wirz arrived back in the Confederacy in early 1864, he was assigned the responsibility for the prison at Andersonville.(georgiainfo) -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a white supremacist organization that was founded in 1866. Throughout its notorious history, factions of the secret fraternal organization have used acts of terrorism—including murder, lynching, arson, rape, and bombing—to oppose the granting of civil rights to African Americans.(new georgia encyclopedia) -
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Sharecropping
Sharecropping, along with tenant farming, was a dominant form in the cotton South from the 1870s to the 1950s, among both blacks and whites. An early 20th century Texas sharecropper's home diorama at the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum, 2015. Following the Civil War of the United States, the South lay in ruins.(georgiaInfo) -
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Georgia Platform
georgia and state rights: a study of the political history of georgia. With particular regard for federal relation (new georgia encyclopedia)