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UNIT 1

GEORGIA’S

GEOGRAPHY

NAME THE PHYSIOGRAPHIC

REGIONS OF GEORGIA.

1. COASTAL PLAIN2. PIEDMONT3. BLUE RIDGE4. APPALACHIAN PLATEAU5. RIDGE AND VALLEY

WHICH REGION IS THE ARROW POINTING TO?

WHAT IS THE MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION AND PHYSIOGRAPHIC FEATURE IN THE BLUE RIDGE REGION?

BRASSTOWN BALD IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

WHICH REGION IS THE LARGEST?

COASTAL PLAIN

WHICH REGION IS THE SMALLEST?

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU

WHICH REGION IS THE MAIN

AGRICULTURAL REGION?

COASTAL PLAIN

WHAT REGION HAS THE LARGEST POPULATION?

PIEDMONT

WHAT IS THE FALL LINE?

WHERE THE HILLS OF THE PIEDMONT MEET THE FLAT COASTAL PLAIN

NAME THE MAIN CITIES LOCATED ON

THE FALL LINE.

COLUMBUS, MACON,

AUGUSTA

WHY ARE MANY TOWNS AND CITIES

LOCATED ALONG THE FALL LINE?

RAPIDLY FLOWING RIVERS ARE A

SOURCE OF ENERGY

NAME THE STATES THAT BORDER

GEORGIA.

1. SOUTH CAROLINA2. NORTH CAROLINA3. TENNESSEE4. FLORIDA5. ALABAMA

NAME THE RIVERS THAT FORM THE

BORDERS OF GEORGIA.

1. SAVANNAH RIVER2. CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

WHAT IS THIS?

OKEFENOKEE SWAMP

WHICH REGION IS KNOWN FOR ITS

TEXTILES?

RIDGE AND VALLEY

WHERE ARE GEORGIA’S DEEP

WATER PORTS LOCATED?

1. SAVANNAH2. BRUNSWICK

HOW DO THE BARRIER ISLANDS

PROTECT THE MAINLAND?

THEY BLOCK WIND, SANDS AND WATER THAT COULD CAUSE

EROSION ON THE MAINLAND.

WHAT ARE THE FOUR TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEMS?

RAILROADDEEPWATER PORTS

INTERSTATE HIGHWAY

HARTSFIELD-JACKSON

UNIT 2

PREHISTORIC

GEORGIA

INDIA

NS

NAME THE 4 PREHISTORIC INDIAN

PERIODS.

1. PALEO2. ARCHAIC3. WOODLAND4. MISSISSIPPIAN

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP WAS THE

FIRST TO USE BOW AND ARROWS?

WOODLAND

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP STARTED HORTICULTURE?

ARCHAIC

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP FIRST

BANDED TOGETHER IN TRIBES?

WOODLAND

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP HAD

VILLAGES WITH PROTECTIVE TOWERS AND

MOATS?

MISSISSIPPIANS

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP FIRST BUILT MOUNDS TO BURY

THEIR DEAD?

WOODLAND

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP LIVED BUILT TEMPLE MOUNDS?

MISSISSIPPIAN

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP WERE NOMADIC AND

HUNTED WITH THE ATLATL?

PALEO

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP MOVED EACH SEASON IN SEARCH

OF FOOD?

ARCHAIC

WHICH PREHISTORIC GROUP FIRST USED CLAY CONTAINERS

(POTTERY) FOR STORAGE?

ARCHAIC

UNIT 3

COLONIZAT IO

N TO R

OYAL

GOVERNMENT

NAME THE EUROPEAN

COUNTRIES THAT COLONIZED THE NEW

WORLD.

ENGLAND,SPAIN,

FRANCE

WHAT WERE THE REASONS FOR

EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE NEW WORLD?

GOD,GLORY,GOLD

WHAT WAS THE FIRST CITY

ESTABLISHED BY EUROPEANS IN THE

NEW WORLD?

ST. AUGUSTINE

WHICH SPANISH EXPLORER TRAVELED THROUGH GEORGIA

SEARCHING FOR GOLD?

HERNANDO DE SOTO

WHAT DOCUMENT SET UP THE BOUNDARIES AND RULES FOR THE COLONIZATION OF GEORGIA?

CHARTER OF 1732

WHAT WERE THE MAJOR REASONS

FOR COLONIZATION OF GEORGIA?

1. CHARITY (DEBTORS)

2. ECONOMICS3. DEFENSE

4. UNOFFICIAL = RELIGION

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF

OGLETHORPE’S SHIP?

WHAT? THE ANN

WHEN? 1733

WHERE? YAMACRAW BLUFF

WHICH GROUP OF INDIANS LIVED IN THE AREA WHERE

OGLETHORPE FOUNDED HIS

COLONY?

YAMACRAW

WHO WAS THE CHIEF OF THE YAMACRAW?

CHIEF TOMICHICHI

WHO WAS THE INTERPRETER WHO HELPED OGLETHORPE NEGOTIATE WITH THE YAMACRAW?

MARY MUSGROVE

WHO SETTLED EBENEZER AND NEW

EBENEZER?

GERMAN SALZBURGERS WHO HAD BEEN BANISHED BECAUSE THEY WERE

PROTESTANT

WHAT COULD THE GEORGIA COLONIAL TRUSTEES DO AND

NOT DO?

COULD DO COULD NOT DO√ Defend the new colony against all enemies√ Pass land received to a male heir√ Received seeds and agricultural tools to cultivate the land.√ Grow mulberry trees√ Obey the regulations

√ Own land in Georgia√ Hold political office√ Make a profit

WHO WERE THE MALCONTENTS?

SETTLERS WHO WERE UNHAPPY BECAUSE THEY:

1. WANTED TO BUY MORE LAND2. WANTED TO OWN SLAVES3. WANTED THEIR OWN RULES AND REGULATIONS

NAME GEORGIA’S 3 ROYAL GOVERNORS.

1. REYNOLDS2. ELLIS3. WRIGHT

DEFINE A ROYAL COLONY.

DIRECTLY GOVERNED BY THE KING

WHAT WERE GEORGIA’S EXPORTS DURING THE ROYAL

COLONY?

RICE, INDIGO, SPICES ETC.

DEFINE MERCANTILISM.

TRADE POLICY WHERE A NATION EXPORTS MORE

THAN ITS IMPORTS; COLONIES ARE EXPECTED

TO SUPPLY RAW MATERIALS TO THE MOTHER COUNTRY.

UNIT 4

A ME R I C

A N RE V O LU T I O

N & N

AT I ON A L

G OV E R N ME N T

WHAT COUNTRIES WERE INVOLVED IN THE FRENCH AND

INDIAN WAR?

FRANCE & ENGLAND

WHY DID THIS WAR LEAD TO THE

AMERICAN REVOLUTION?

RAISED DEBT & CAUSED THE KING

TO TAX THE COLONISTS.

WHAT WERE THE MAJOR TAXES PLACED ON COLONISTS?

Sugar Act Stamp Act Townshend Acts

Tea Act Intolerable Acts

Placed a tax on sugar and molasses imported from the West Indies.

1765, placed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, licenses.

1767, placed an import tax on tea, paper, glass, and coloring paint.

1773, Allowed the East India Company to ship tea directly to the colonies.

Port of Boston was closed until they paid for the tea.

GA did a great deal of trading with sugar-producing countries

Placed to raise money for the French and Indian War

The tea could be sold less than the colonial merchants could.

Massachusetts colonists could not have town meetings w/o approval

(i.e. Jamaica and Barbados). Passed in 1764.

The Liberty Boys came together to oppose the tax

Led to the Boston Tea Party.

Led to the Quartering Act (colonists had to house British soldiers)

WHAT WAS THE PROCLAMATION OF

1763?

issued by King George III; it forbade colonists to settle west of the

Appalachian Mountains

WHAT WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

DOCUMENT THAT CLAIMED

INDEPENDENCE FOR AMERICA AND

LISTED THE GRIEVENCES

(REASONS WHY)APPROVED ON July 4,

1776

WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM GEORGIA?

HALL, GWINNETT,

WALTON

WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

THOMAS JEFFERSON

WHY WAS THERE LESS ANTI-BRITISH

FEELING IN GEORGIA THAN IN THE OTHER COLONIES DURING

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?

YOUNGEST COLONY AND NEEDED THEIR

SUPPORT

Who was the Colonel of the British militia who led his men to victory over the Battle of Kettle Creek?

ELIJAH CLARKE

WHO WAS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO WAS CREDITED WITH SAVING ELIJAH

CLARKE’S LIFE?

AUSTIN DABNEY

WHAT IS THE ONLY COUNTY IN GEORGIA TO BE NAMED FOR A

WOMAN? WHO? WHY?

HART COUNTY FOR NANCY HART WHO WAS A HEROINE OF

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN GA

WHICH BATTLE WAS A MINOR BATTLE BUT A MAJOR VICTORY FOR GEORGIA AND WAS LED BY ELIJAH WHO DEFEEATED A BRITISH FORCE OF 800 MEN?

BATTLE OF KETTLE CREEK

WHO HELPED GEORGIA IN THE SIEGE OF SAVANNAH AND WHAT WAS THE

OUTCOME?

1. FRANCE 2. BRITISH RETAINED

CONTROL OF SAVANNAH

WHAT WAS THE FINAL DECISIVE BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION?

BATTLE OF YORKTOWN

WHO SIGNED THE TREATY OF PARIS OF

1783?

GREAT BRITAIN,UNITED STATES,

FRANCE

WHEN WAS GEORGIA’S FIRST

STATE CONSTITUTION

ADOPTED? WHAT WERE ITS

WEAKNESSES?

WHEN? 1777

What were its weaknesses?

Unicameral legislature with strong powers including the power to appoint governor & control his actions

WHAT WAS THE FIRST CONSTITUTION

OF THE UNITED STATES?

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

WHAT WERE THE MAJOR WEAKNESSES WITH THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?

MADE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOO WEAK WITH NO POWER TO TAX, REGULATE TRADE, FORM/PAY SOLDIERS, TO HAVE AUTHORITY WITH FOREIGN NATIONS, TO CREATE MONEY SYSTEM ETC.

WHY DID THE AUTHORS OF THE

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION WANT A FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT WITH LITTLE POWER?

THEY HAD JUST LEFT THAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT.

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL

CONVENTION?

TO REVISE THE ARTICLES OF

CONFEDERATION

WHAT ISSUES CREATED CONFLICT IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOVERNMENTAL

STRUCTURE DURING THE CONSTITUTIONAL

CONVENTION?

REPRESENTATION,SLAVE COUNT,

DIVIDING GOVERNMENT INTO 3 BRANCHES,

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT

WHAT ISSUE WAS SETTLED BY THE

GREAT COMPROMISE?

REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS

WHAT IS FEDERALISM?

3 LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

WHAT IS SEPARATION OF

POWERS?

GOVERNMENT IS DIVIDED INTO 3

SEPARATE BRANCHES

WHAT ARE CHECKS & BALANCES?

GIVE AN EXAMPLE.

KEEPS ONE BRANCH FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL…LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CAN IMPEACH EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCH, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CAN OVERRIDE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH DECISIONSEXAMPLE – GOVERNOR CAN VETO BILLS AND CALL SPECIAL SESSIONS

HOW MANY UNITED STATES SENATORS ARE THERE? HOW MANY ARE FROM

GEORGIA?

US SENATORS? 100FROM GEORGIA? 2

(EVERY STATE HAS 2)

HOW MANY UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE THERE? HOW MANY ARE FROM

GEORGIA?

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

435FROM GEORGIA? 13

HOW IS THE NUMBER OF STATE

REPRESENTATIVES DETERMINED IN THE

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

BASED ON POPULATION

WHO SIGNED THE US CONSTITUTION

FROM GEORGIA?

ABRAHAM BALDWIN &

WILLIAM FEW

WHAT BENEFIT DID THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDE THAT THE

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION DID

NOT?

STRONG FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH COULD

HANDLE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ROADS,

ETC.

UNIT 5

STATE & L

OCAL

GOVERNMENT

HOW MAY YEARS IS A GEORGIA

GOVERNOR’S TERM?HOW MANY TERMS

CAN HE/SHE SERVE?

4 YEARS2 CONSECUTIVE

TERMS

WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO

BE A GEORGIA GOVERNOR?

30 YEARS OLD,

6 YEARS -- RESIDENT OF GEORGIA,

15 YEARS -- A US CITIZEN

WHO BECOMES GEORGIA’S CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER IF BOTH THE

GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT

GOVERNOR ARE UNABLE TO SERVE?

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

HOW OLD MUST A GEORGIA VOTER BE?

AT LEAST 18

WHAT IS A LIEUTENANT

GOVERNOR’S MOST IMPORTANT JOB IN

THE SENATE?

ASSIGNING BILLS TO COMMITTEES

WHAT IS THE LARGEST BRANCH OF

GEORGIA’S GOVERNMENT?

EXECUTIVE

ACCORDING TO THE GEORGIA

CONSTITUTION, WHERE DOES ALL

GOVERNMENT ORIGINATE?

WITH THE PEOPLE

WHO IS THE PRESIDING OFFICER

OF THE GEORGIA STATE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES? OF THE GEORGIA STATE SENATE?

HOUSE? SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

SENATE? LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR/PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

WHAT ACTIONS CAN BE TAKEN BY A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE?

HOLD HEARING,

VOTE BILLS OUT,

KILL BILLS WITH A NEGATIVE VOTE

HOW DOES A BILL BECOME A LAW?

1) PROPOSAL2) ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE3) COMMITTEE STUDIES BILL4) COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION (HOLD, PASS/NOT PASS, IN HOUSE – NO RECOMMENDATION)5) FULL HOUSE FOR VOTE6) IF PASSES, GOES TO SENATE7) STEPS 2 – 4 TAKEN8) IF BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE PASS, SENT TO GOVERNOR9) GOVERNOR (PASS/VETO/NO ACTION)10) IF GOVERNOR VETOES, CAN STILL BECOME A LAW IF 2/3 OF BOTH HOUSES VOTE TO OVERRIDE.

WHAT HAPPENS TO A BILL PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT VETO IT,

BUT DOES NOT SIGN IT?

IT BECOMES A LAW ANYWAY.

SECRETARY OF STATE,COMMISSIONER OF

LABOR,INSURANCE

COMMISSIONER,COMMISSIONER OF

AGRICULTURE

WHAT VOTE IS REQUIRED IN THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN

ORDER FOR A BILL TO PASS?

MAJORITY

WHAT IS REVENUE? WHERE DOES

GEORGIA GET THE MAJORITY OF ITS

REVENUE?

1. INCOME2. INCOME TAXES AND THEN SALES

TAXES

WHERE DOES GEORGIA SPEND MOST OF ITS MONEY?

EDUCATION

WHAT GUIDELINE IS CONSIDERED MOST

IMPORTANT FOR DETERMINING THE

BOUNDARIES FOR HOUSE AND SENATE ELECTION DISTRICTS EVERY TEN

YEARS?

EQUAL POPULATION SPLIT AMONG

DISTRICTS

WHAT TYPE OF LEGISLATION MUST

BEGIN IN THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

APPROPRIATIONS

WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE ELECTED TO THE

GEORGIA STATE SENATE AND THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?

SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV

ES√ 25 years old√ US citizen√ Georgia citizen for 2 years√ Resident of district for one year

√ 21 years old√ US citizen√ Georgia citizen for 2 years√ Resident of the district for one year

WHERE DOES THE REAL WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

TAKE PLACE?

COMMITTEES

HOW MANY PEOPLE SERVE IN THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY?TERM LENGTH?

HOW MANY? HOUSE – 180; SENATE – 56

TERM? 2 YEARS

WHEN IS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HELD AND HOW LONG DOES IT LAST?

HOW LONG? 40 DAYS

WHEN? SECOND MONDAY OF JANUARY

WHERE DOES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

MEET?

STATE CAPITOLATLANTA

WHAT ARE THE 3 DIFFERENT FORMS

OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT?

1. CITY2. COUNTY3. SPECIAL PURPOSE

HOW DO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GET

THEIR REVENUE?

PROPERTY TAXES

WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF

SPECIAL DISTRICT GOVERNMENT?

SCHOOL SYSTEM,MARTA,

PORT AUTHORITY

WHAT IS A CITY WITH ITS OWN GOVERNMENT?

MUNICIPALITY

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CITY GOVERNMENT?

MAYOR-COUNCIL

COUNCIL-MAYOR

COMMISSIONS

HOW ARE A STRONG MAYOR

GOVERNMENT AND A WEAK MAYOR GOVERNMENT DIFFERENT?

STRONG MAYOR – STRONG AND ACTIVE GOVERNMENT LEADER

WEAK MAYOR – COUNCIL HAS BOTH EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POWERS AND THE MAYOR IS JUST A FIGUREHEAD

WHAT IS A CIVIL CASE?

DISPUTES BETWEEN 2 OR MORE PERSONS

OR GROUPS

WHAT IS A CRIMINAL CASE?

CASES INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF

LAWS

WHAT IS A FELONY?

SERIOUS CRIME PUNISHABLE BY A YEAR OR MORE IN PRISON, A FINE OF

AT LEAST $1,000 OR BOTH

WHAT IS A MISDEMEANOR?

LESS SERIOUS; PUNISHABLE BY LESS

THAN A YEAR IN PRISON, A FINE OF LESS THAN $1,000

OR BOTH

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF COURTS?

1. TRIAL 2. APELLETE

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE 2?

TRIAL COURTS TRY CASES

APPELLATE COURTS REVIEW CASES

DEFINE JUVENILE.

CITIZEN UNDER THE AGE OF 17

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A STATUS OFFENSE & A

DELINQUENT ACT?

STATUS OFFENSE? AN ACT THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A CRIME IF COMMITTED BY AN ADULTDELINQUENT ACT? CONSIDERED A CRIME IF COMMITTED BY AN ADULT

UNIT 6

WESTW

ARD EXPANSIO

N

IN ORDER, LIST THE CAPITALS OF

GEORGIA

S.A.L.M.ASAVANNAHAUGUSTA

LOUISVILLEMILLEDGEVILLE

ATLANTA (TERMINUS)

WHICH RELIGIONS SWEPT THROUGH

GEORGIA BETWEEN 1790-1830?

METHODIST AND BAPTIST

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE

HEADRIGHT SYSTEM?

TO DISTRIBUTE INDIAN LANDS

WHAT SCANDAL TOOK PLACE WHEN GEORGIA’S GOVERNOR AND SOME LEGISLATORS WERE BRIBED TO SELL 50 MILLION ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AT LESS THAN TWO CENTS AN ACRE?

YAZOO LAND FRAUD

WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT

MECHANICAL INVENTION TO

GEORGIA’S ECONOMY IN THE

EARLY 1800S?

COTTON GIN

WHAT WAS GEORGE GIST’S (SEQUOYAH)

MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO

THE CHEROKEE CULTURE?

WHAT WAS THE FIRST NATIVE

AMERICAN NEWSPAPER?

THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX

WHAT WAS THE CHEROKEE CAPITAL?

NEW ECHOTA

WHO WERE THE TWO CREEK LEADERS

THAT CEDED CREEK LAND?

1. ALEXANDER MCGILLVRAY2. WILLIAM MCINTOSH

WHICH OF THE CREEK LEADERS WAS

MURDERED FOR SIGNING THE TREATY OF INDIAN SPRINGS WHICH GAVE AWAY THE LAST OF THE

CREEK LANDS?

MCINTOSH

WHERE DID THEY FIND GOLD IN

GEORGIA?

DAHLONEGA

WHO SIGNED THE INDIAN REMOVAL

ACT WHICH ORDERED ALL

NATIVE AMERICANS TO MOVE WEST?

ANDREW JACKSON

WHICH SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

RULED THAT GEORGIA LAWS

WERE NOT VALID IN INDIAN LAND?

WHAT CASE WAS IT?

JOHN MARSHALL AND WORCESTER V.

GA

WHICH CHEROKEE LEADER WENT TO WASHINGTON TO

PROTEST THE REMOVAL OF CHEROKEE?

JOHN ROSS

WHAT WAS THE FORCED REMOVAL OF CHEROKEE TO

THE INDIAN TERRITORY IN

OKLAHOMA CALLED?

TRAIL OF TEARS

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE

NORTH AND THE SOUTH BEFORE THE

CIVIL WAR?

RESOURCES

North (23 States)

South(11 States)

Overall Population 22 Million 9 MillionMen of Combat Age

4 Million .8 Million

Military Forces Trained Army & Navy

None

Factories 100,000 with 1.1 Million Workers

20,000 with 100,000 Workers

Miles of Railroad Track

22,000 9,000

Railroad Equipment

96% of Nation’s Supply

4% of Nation’s Supply

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CAUSES OF

THE CIVIL WAR?

WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES AND EVENTS THAT LED TO THE CIVIL WAR?

S L A V E R Y

S TAT E S ’ R I G H T S

N U L L I F I C AT I O N

M I S S O U R I C O M P R O M I S E

C O M P R O M I S E O F 1 8 5 0

G E O R G I A P L AT F O R M

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott Case

Election of 1860

Debate over the Secession in Georgia

Role of Alexander Stephens

WHAT ARE STATES’ RIGHTS?

BELIEF THAT EACH STATE HAD THE

RIGHT TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES (SOUTH BELIEVED

THIS)

WHAT WAS THE MISSOURI

COMPROMISE?

KEPT BALANCE OF FREE & SLAVE STATESMISSOURI = SLAVE STATEMAINE=FREE STATEBANNED SLAVERY ABOVE THE 36030’ LINE (SOUTHERN BORDER OF MISSOURI

WHAT WAS THE COMPROMISE OF

1850

1. ADMITTED CALIFORNIA AS FREE STATE AND TEXAS AS SLAVE STATE2. CREATED FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT3. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY WOULD BE USED TO DECIDE FUTURE ISSUES4. ESTABLISHED TERRITORIES OF NEW MEXICO AND UTAH5. BANNED SLAVE TRADE IN D.C.

WHAT WAS THE GEORGIA

PLATFORM?

CONVENTION HELD IN MILLEDGEVILLE TO DISCUSS COMPROMISE OF 1850. GA SUPPORTED COMPROMISE IF NORTH SUPPORTED FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT LED BY ALEXANDER STEPHENS

WHAT WAS KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT?

ISSUE OVER SLAVERY POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

WAS SUPPOSED TO DECIDE

RIOTS OCCURREDVOTED TO BECOME SLAVE STATE BUT

CONGRESS REJECTED VOTE AND KANSAS

BECAME A SLAVE STATE

WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DRED SCOTT

CASE?

SUPREME COURT RULED AGAINST HIM AFTER HE SUED TO

BECOME FREE AFTER LIVING IN A FREE

STATE

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ELECTION OF

1860?

LINCOLN WON THE ELECTION WITHOUT

THE SUPPORT OF THE SOUTHERN

STATES (0 VOTES IN GA)

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER LINCOLN WAS

ELECTED?

SOUTHERN STATES STARTED TO SECEDE.

WHAT WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE IN THE CIVIL WAR?

ANTIETAM

WHAT DID THE EMANCIPATION

PROCLAMATION DO?

FREED SLAVES IN CONFEDERATE

STATES

WHAT WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE

FOUGHT IN GEORGIA?

WHICH MAJOR BATTLE WAS

FOUGHT IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA?

GETTYSBURG

WHAT WAS THE UNION BLOCKADE

AND WHAT WAS THE EFFECT?

UNION TROOPS BLOCKED SHIPS

FROM SOUTHERN PORTS; MADE IT

DIFFICULT FOR GA TO SELL ITS PRODUCTS.

WHAT WAS THE CIVIL WAR PRISON IN GA

NAMED?

ANDERSONVILLE

WHO WERE THE UNION GENERALS?

GRANT AND SHERMAN

WHO WAS THE CONFEDERATE

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT?

ROBERT E. LEE AND ALEXANDER STEPHENS

RECONSTRUCTIO

N TO

CIVIL RIGHTS

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE

FREEDMEN’S BUREAU?

TO HELP FORMER SLAVES AND POOR

WHITES

WHAT WAS THE FREEDMEN’S

BUREAU PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION?

EDUCATION-SET UP THOUSANDS OF

SCHOOLS, AND TEACHER-TRAINING CENTERS IN THE

SOUTH

AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE LABOR TO WORK THE FORMER

PLANTATIONS?

SHARECROPPING

HOW WERE TENANT FARMERS DIFFERENT

FROM SHARECROPPERS?

TENANT FARMERS USUALLY MADE A SMALL PROFIT.

WHAT WAS PRESIDENT

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S PLAN FOR

RECONSTRUCTION CALLED?

10 PERCENT PLAN

WHY WAS PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S

RECONSTRUCTION PLAN NOT ENACTED?

THE PLAN DID NOT BECOME

EFFECTIVE BEFORE LINCOLN

WAS ASSASSINATED.

WHAT DID THE 13TH AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION DO THAT BROUGHT ABOUT MANY CHANGES IN GEORGIA’S SOCIETY AND ECONOMIC

STRUCTURE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR?

IT FREED THE SLAVES.

WHAT DID THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE

US CONSTITUTION DO?

IT GAVE BLACKS CITIZENSHIP.

WHAT DID THE 15TH AMENDMENT TO THE

US CONSTITUTION DO?

IT GAVE BLACKS THE RIGHT TO

VOTE.

WHO WAS HENRY MCNEAL TURNER

ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANS TO HOLD POLITICAL

OFFICE. HE WAS EXPELLED BECAUSE GA LEGISLATURE SAID

THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE OR HOLD

POLITICAL OFFICE

BEGINNING SOON AFTER THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT SECRET

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION USED FORCE AND

VIOLENCE TO INFLUENCE GEORGIA’S SOCIETY?

KU KLUX KLAN

WHAT WAS THE GEORGIA ACT OF

1869?

RETURNED GEORGIA TO

MILITARY CONTROL B/C OF KKK TERRORISM

WHAT WAS THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF THE RIOT THAT

OCCURRED IN ATLANTA IN 1906?

STORIES OF BLACK VIOLENCE

AGAINST WHITES IN THE ATLANTA

NEWSPAPERS

THE RACIAL UNREST BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE

LEO FRANK CASE RESULTED IN THE

CREATION OF A CHAPTER OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, WHICH CALLED ITSELF

THE KNIGHTS OF

MARY PHAGAN

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE “JIM CROW” OR

SEGREGATION LAWS PASSED BY GEORGIA’S GOVERNMENT AT THE

TURN OF THE CENTURY?

TO CONTINUE WHITE CONTROL

BY CREATING “SEPARATE BUT

EQUAL”

WHAT BECAME LEGAL UNDER

PLESSY V. FERGUSON?

BLACKS AND WHITES COULD HAVE SEPARATE

SCHOOLS – SEPARATE BUT

EQUAL

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE

GRANDFATHER CLAUSE OF 1908?

TAKE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AWAY FROM BLACKS

Grandfather clause, poll tax etc. were all forms of _________________

DISENFRANCHISEMENT

WHAT RACIAL ISSUE DID BOOKER

T. WASHINGTON SUPPORT?

ECONOMIC EQUALITY

WHICH AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADER BELIEVED THAT A

“TALENTED TENTH” OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN

POPULATION COULD SERVE AS LEADERS FOR ALL OTHER

AFRICAN AMERICANS? HE ALSO BELIEVED IN ACTION.

W.E.B. DUBOIS

WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK

PRESIDENT OF ATLANTA BAPTIST

COLLEGE? HE HELPED FORM

NAACP

JOHN HOPE

WHAT BUSINESS MADE ALONZO

HERNDON A SUCCESSFUL

BUSINESSMAN?

ATLANTA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

BENJAMIN MAYS SERVED AS A MENTOR TO

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE WHITE PRIMARY?

KEEP BLACKS FROM HAVING

INPUT INTO THE PARTY NOMINEES

WHAT WAS THE RULING OF THE US SUPREME COURT

IN BROWN V. BOARD OF

EDUCATION?

THE SEPARATE-BUT-EQUAL POLICY

WAS UNCONSTITUTION

AL.

WHAT EARLIER US SUPREME COURT

DECISION DID THE RULING IN BROWN V.

BOARD OF EDUCATION OVERTURN?

PLESSY V. FERGUSON

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., FAVORED BRINGING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE

THROUGH

NONVIOLENCE

WHICH GROUP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE 1956

GEORGIA STATE FLAG CHANGED?

ATLANTA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU

WHAT ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED TWO MONTHS AFTER THE 1960 SIT-IN AT THE

WOOLWORTH’S LUNCH COUNTER IN

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA?

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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE

SIBLEY COMMISSION?

TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF

SCHOOL INTEGRATION

WHO WERE THE FIRST BLACKS TO BE ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY

OF GEORGIA?

CHARLAYNE HUNTER AND

HAMILTON HOLMES

WHAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE

ALBANY MOVEMENT IN

GEORGIA?

TO INTEGRATE THE INTERSTATE BUS STATION WAITING ROOMS IN ALBANY

WHICH AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUP

WAS INVOLVED WITH THE ALBANY

MOVEMENT?

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S “I HAVE A DREAM”

SPEECH IS ASSOCIATED WITH

THE

MARCH ON WASHINGTON,

D.C.

WHAT DID THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

OF 1964 DO?

IT WITHHELD FEDERAL FUNDS FROM SCHOOLS THAT DID NOT

END SEGREGATION.

WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN

AMERICAN MAYOR OF ATLANTA?

MAYNARD JACKSON

WHAT DID LESTER MADDOX ACCOMPLISH AS

GOVERNOR?

APPOINTED MORE AFRICAN AMERICANS

TO STATE BOARDS THAN ALL PRIOR

GOVERNORS COMBINED

WHAT EVENT WAS THE MOST

SIGNIFICANT IN ANDREW YOUNG’S

POLITICAL CAREER?

HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN

SINCE RECONSTRUCTION TO BE ELECTED TO THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM

GEORGIA

WHO WERE THE MEMBERS OF THE

BOURBON TRIUMVERATE?

ALFRED COLQUITTJOSEPH BROWN JOHN GORDON

WHAT IDEALS DID THE BOURBON TRIUMVERATE

SHARE?

1. WANTED TO IMPROVE INDUSTRY

WITH STRONGER TIES WITH NORTH

2. SOUTHERN TRADITIONS LIKE

WHITE SUPREMACY

WHO COINED THE TERM NEW SOUTH

HENRY GRADY

WHAT DID HENRY GRADY ORGANIZE TO

PROMOTE THE SOUTH AND SHOW

ECONOMIC RECOVERY?

INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION

WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE

POPULIST PARTY?

TOM WATSON

WHO DID THE POPULIST PARTY TRY

AND HELP?

POOR STRUGGLING FARMERS

WHO HELPED END THE INFLUENCE OF

THE BOURBON TRIUMVERATE,

REFORM PRISONS AND PROMOTE

WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE?

REBECCA LATIMER FELTON (SHE WAS ALSO THE FIRST

WOMEN TO SERVE IN THE US SENATE)