In 1832, the state of Georgia and President Andrew Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling that protected Cherokee sovereignty. This constitutional crisis in the United States demonstrated the limits of…
The Yazoo Land Scandal involved the mass bribery of the Georgia legislature in 1795 to sell millions of acres of western territory to private speculators. This corruption sparked a massive…
The Apportionment Act of 1842 forced Georgia and other Southern states to abandon "general ticket" voting in favor of single-member districts. This federal mandate sparked a constitutional crisis over state…
