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| Andersonville | infamous Civil War prisoner of war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp |
| Atlanta Campaign | a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864 led by William T. Sherman |
| Battle of Chickamauga | Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. |
| Union Blockade | a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. |
| Cotton Gin | machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the cotton fibers. |
| Compromise of 1850 | compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. |
| Dred Scott Case | Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States. |
| Georgia Platform | position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850. |
| Election of 1860 | Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union. |
| nullification | the act of making legally null and void. |
| Abraham Lincoln | The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves |
| Secession | the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War |
| Slavery | involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865. |
| States' Rights | the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national government. |
