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Time Periods / Areas of Study:

Pre-European Contact (~13,000 years ago-1550s AD)
Colonial (1550s-1776)
Revolutionary (1774-1780s)
Confederation America / Early Nation (1780s-1820)
Antebellum (1820-1861)
Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Gilded Age / Progressive Era / World War I (1870s-1920)
Interwar Years and World War II (1920-1945)
Post World War II / 21st Century (1945-Present)
Governors of Â鶹´«Ã½
Â鶹´«Ã½ State Capitals

Pre-European Contact (~13,000 years ago-1550s AD)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • Rock Mounds and Structures
      • Kolomoki Mounds
      • Ocmulgee Mounds / Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park
      • Pre-historic Periods
        • Paleoindian Period
        • Archaic Period
        • Woodland Period
        • Mississippian Period
        • Lamar Period

Colonial (1550s-1776)

    • Important Topics of Study: 
      • Mission Santa Catalina de Guale / St. Catherine's Island
      • Colonial Immigration
      • Trustee Â鶹´«Ã½ / Board of Trustees
      • Slavery in Colonial Â鶹´«Ã½
      • James Oglethorpe
      • Chief Tomochichi / Yamacraw Indians
      • Motives for Colonization
      • The War of Jenkins’ Ear
      • Battle of Bloody Marsh
      • Royal Â鶹´«Ã½ Governmental Structure
      • Royal Â鶹´«Ã½ Economy
      • James Wright

Revolutionary (1774-1780s)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • Peter Tondee / Tondee’s Tavern
      • Â鶹´«Ã½ Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
        • Button Gwinnett
        • George Walton
        • Lyman Hall
      • Revolutionary War in Â鶹´«Ã½ / The Rules and Regulations
      • Archibald Bulloch
      • Nathaniel Greene
      • Siege of Savannah
      • Slavery in Revolutionary Â鶹´«Ã½
      • Battle of Kettle Creek / Nancy Hart

Confederation America / Early Nation (1780s-1820)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • William Few Jr.
      • Abraham Baldwin
      • Agriculture
      • Eli Whitney
      • Yazoo Land Fraud
      • Land Lottery System
      • Cherokee Indians
      • Sequoyah
      • Creek Indians

Antebellum (1820-1861)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • George Troup
      • 1829 Gold Rush
      • Cherokee Nation
        • The Cherokee Phoenix
        • Worcester v. Â鶹´«Ã½
        • Chief John Ross
        • Cherokee Removal / Trail of Tears
      • Railroad Construction
      • United States Sectional Crisis
      • Slavery in Antebellum Â鶹´«Ã½
      • Â鶹´«Ã½ Platform
      • Joe E. Brown
      • 1860 United States Presidential Election

Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • Civil War in Â鶹´«Ã½
      • Confederate States of America
      • Alexander H. Stephens
      • Civil War Home Front
      • Andrews Raid
      • Andersonville Prison
      • Atlanta Campaign
      • Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
      • Gen. William T. Sherman / Sherman's March to the Sea
      • Rufus Bullock
      • Jefferson Franklin Long
      • Sharecropping System
      • Ku Klux Klan

Gilded Age / Progressive Era / World War I (1870s-1920)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • Bourbon Triumvirate
      • Populism / Farmers' Alliance
      • Thomas E. Watson
      • Henry W. Grady
        • The New South
      • Hoke Smith
      • The Leo Frank Case
      • Joel Chandler Harris
      • Early Civil Rights Movement in Â鶹´«Ã½
      • Jim Crow
      • World War I in Â鶹´«Ã½

Interwar Years and World War II (1920-1945)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • Boll Weevil
      • Carl Vinson
      • William Hartsfield
      • Great Depression
      • Richard B. Russell
      • Franklin D. Roosevelt / Warm Springs
      • New Deal
      • Eugene Talmadge
      • World War II in Â鶹´«Ã½
      • Wartime Economy
      • Liberty Ship

Post World War II / 21st Century (1945-Present)

    • Important Topics of Study:
      • 1958 Atlanta Temple Bombing
      • County Unit System / Carl Sanders
      • Three Governors Controversy / Herman Talmadge
      • Civil Rights Movement in Â鶹´«Ã½
      • Dr. Martin Luther King
      • Lester Maddox
      • The City Too Busy to Hate / Ivan Allen Jr.
      • Air France Flight 007
      • Andrew Young
      • Maynard Jackson
      • Hank Aaron
      • Jimmy Carter
      • Post World War II Economic Growth
        • The Sunbelt / Sun Belt
      • Brotherhood March
      • Zell Miller / HOPE Scholarship
      • 1996 Atlanta Olympics
      • State Flags of Â鶹´«Ã½ and Controversy