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  • The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land ...
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  • to as Joe Brown, was a Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a ... become an educated lawyer and eventually Georgia state Supreme Court justice ...
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  • Felton was born in De Kalb County, Georgia. After attending common ... woman to have served as a Senator from Georgia. She resided in Cartersville ...
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  • National Historic Site in Andersonville, Georgia. It includes the site of ... Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, former governor of Georgia, suggested the interior ...
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  • Warner was then hired by the University of Georgia as its new head football ... 319 victories—excluding 18 wins at Iowa State University. During his four ...
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  • to Indian Territory in what would be the state of Oklahoma, resulting in ... == Georgia and the Cherokee Nation == The rapidly expanding United ...
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  • Marietta, Georgia, the sixth and last child of Alexander Stephens ... He heavily influenced United States Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes ...
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  • alliance with Native American tribes in Georgia. He then negotiated peace ... After the war, Wayne returned to Pennsylvania. He served in the state ...
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  • consisting of five states, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and ... *Most definitions include the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana ...
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  • War. He also served as a Congressman from Georgia and as Governor of Georgia ... near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia to Andrew B. and Margaret ...
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  • born into a family of means in Savannah, Georgia. From a young age, Juliette ... Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon was born in Savannah, Georgia to William ...
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  • at the meeting point of the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de ... and at the meeting point of the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. ...
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  • to accept a donation of the land from the state of Iowa, at the request of ... bill which was strongly opposed in that state. Congress passed a revised ...
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  • of Florida, and now residing in that state and in Oklahoma. They were ... century and was composed of people from Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and ...
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  • The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land ...
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  • 2007a). The CDC is headquartered near Atlanta, Georgia. to promote health through partnerships with state health departments and other ...
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  • The case involved conflicting federal and state laws: Thomas Gibbons had ... is carried on between man and man in a State, or between different parts ...
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  • Lowery died on March 27, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.Jennifer Brett and ... 1921-2020 Joseph Lowery (1921-2020)] New Georgia Encyclopedia, July 17, 2020 ...
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  • Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia, the eighth child of sharecroppers ... Although she grew up in Georgia, she has stated that she often felt ...
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  • United States forces for use against the state of South Carolina in the ... initial removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee ...
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  • in western unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. Founded ... Founded in 1836 and named after John Emory, a bishop of the Georgia ...
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  • lawyer colonel Robert P. Jones in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was an amazing ... golf in 1930, with plans to construct a state-of-the-art golf course. Through ...
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  • headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and from studios in New ... *Atlanta, Georgia (headquarters) *Boston, Massachusetts ...
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  • and the eviction of the Native Americans in Georgia. Cass represented ... From 1857 to 1860, Cass served as Secretary of State under President ...
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  • ** A UN-recognized non-member state: Vatican City. ** States not recognized ... * [https://www.state.gov/u-s-bilateral-relations-fact-sheets/ U.S ...
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  • at Wesleyan College for Women in Macon, Georgia. May-ling entered Motyeire ... invaded Manchuria and established a puppet state, Manchukuo, to use as a base ...
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  • states. California was admitted as a free state, Texas received financial ... Texas also had ten million dollars in state debts it could not easily ...
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  • the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta ... capturing Atlanta, and striking through Georgia and the Confederate heartland ...
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  • States, 86 miles (138 km) west of the state capitol of Columbia. It has ... The region is home to a number of state parks, as well as the Sumter ...
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  • (His birthplace is now the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site ... Revolutionary War; he fought with the Georgia cavalry and led in the Siege ...
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  • in which documents, artifacts, gifts of state, and museum exhibits are ... foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the ...
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  • Frémont was born in Savannah, Georgia. His ancestry is unclear. According ... August, Frémont imposed martial law in the state, confiscating private property ...
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  • Modern Creeks live primarily in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida ... related to the Utinahica of southern Georgia. More of a loose confederacy ...
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  • control of Southern railroads, abetted by state legislatures. In 1870, Northerners ... and were prominent in the politics of the state until 1875, but nearly all ...
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  • his destination, he was convinced to visit Georgia, which was then a magnet ... simplicity of the device, and the primitive state of patent law, made infringement ...
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  • the lab was moved to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and renamed the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. The Great Ape language, "Yerkish ...
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  • of the Confederate cause in the border state and draw the Union forces ... from Tullahoma to Chattanooga and into Georgia during Rosecrans's ...
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  • Beauregard Lee" in Lilburn, Georgia; "Shubenacadie Sam ... January 22, 2009. Groundhog Day proponents state that the rodents' forecasts ...
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  • Historically, the leading Pecan-producing state in the United States has ... . Research conducted at the University of Georgia has also confirmed that ...
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  • Seminole War. He was later stationed in Georgia and South Carolina. As the ... the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and ...
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  • to Africa under the auspices of the Maryland State Colonization Society, a group favoring the manumission of slaves on Christian grounds. His father ...
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  • means for Congress to collect money from state treasuries. Unanimous approval ... chairman, Alexander Hamilton, they invited state representatives to convene ...
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  • Kentucky, decided to serve his adopted state of Texas. He joined the Confederate ... by families in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, and New York. ...
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  • ! colspan="2" | Alphabetical by State |   ! colspan="2 ... | Georgia || align="right" | 24 ||   | Kansas || align= ...
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  • racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal ... effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday ...
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  • |NEBASE || Nebraska || [http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/netserv/nebase/nebserv ... |SOLINET || Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi ...
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  • President John Adams, was Secretary of State from June 6, 1800 to March ... confirmed the supremacy of federal law over state law, and supported an expansive ...
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  • Coretta Scott King attended the state funeral of Lyndon B. Johnson ... Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, on February 7, 2006 where ...
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  • Atlanta is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia ... than snow. In 2008, however, northern Georgia experienced drought conditions ...
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  • northeastern corner of the present-day state of Louisiana, ... Poverty Point World Heritage Site Louisiana State Parks Historic Sites. ...
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  • Harvard University, Yale University, and Georgia Institute of Technology ... University of California at Berkeley, the Georgia Institute of Technology ...
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