Antebellum
Why did Lincoln's election lead the southern states to secede?
He was a Republican and they feared he would end slavery
What did the Anaconda Plan do?
Blockaded Southern ports; kept the Confederacy from getting the supplies it needed
Name and describe the 3 Reconstruction amendments.
13th - abolished slavery
14th- blacks became citizens
15 - you can't be denied right to vote bc of race
What journalist encouraged industry to come to Georgia by promoting the "New South"?
Henry Grady
What 2 farm disasters led GA to an economic downturn before the Great Depression?
boll weevil and drought
What did the US Supreme Court declare in Dred Scott v. Sanford? (2 items)
Slaves could be taken even to a free state;
Blacks were not US Citizens
The Emancipation Procalamtion declared that slaves in Confederate states would be freed if the CSA did not surrender by what date?
January 1, 1863
What federal government agency was created to help former slaves?
Freedmen's Bureau
What was the group of 3 Democratic politicians that controlled GA after Reconstruction called?
Bourbon Triumvirate
What GA town did FDR frequent because of his Polio?
Warm Springs
What affect did the cotton gin have on slavery?
dramatically increased the number of slaves in the South
What was the largest Civil War battle in Georgia?
Battle of Chickamauga
What were 2 farming systems used during Reconstruction (What did many former slaves become?)
Sharecropping and Tenant Farming
What concept did Plessy v. Ferguson support?
________ _______ _________
Separate but equal
Which New Deal program paid farmers a stipend to grow less of certain crops? full name
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Why did the South not like the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted to US as a FREE state
What was the purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea (Scorched Earth policy)?
to destroy the South's will to keep fighting; get the Confederacy to surrender
What reason was given for the black legislators to be removed from the GA General Assembly?
Democrats said that the GA Constitution prohibited blacks from holding office
Who was viewed as Booker T. Washington's intellectual opposition?
W.E.B. DuBois
How did Georgia's textile mills contribute to the war effort during WWI?
Made uniforms and cotton bandages
What was the conditional support of the Compromise of 1850 called?
GA Platform
Approximately how many Union soldiers died at Andersonville?
13,000
Name the 3 phases of Reconstruction IN ORDER.
Presdential, Congressional, Military
What group took Leo Frank from jail and lynched him?
Knights of Mary Phagan
Who was the governor of Georgia that fought against New Deal programs in Georgia and why did he oppose them?
Eugene Talmadge; many New Deal programs helped blacks and he was a white supremacist