Geography
Which region is the largest and is known for swamps and agriculture?
Coastal Plain
What types of homes did the Mississippian build?
wattle and daub
The Stamp Act was passed by English Parliament to pay for what event?
French and Indian War
What Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves were not U.S. citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
What Reconstruction Era group help to build schools and provide food and shelter?
Freedman's Bureau
Which region receives the most annual precipitation?
Blue Ridge
Why did the English explore and settle new lands in America in the 1700s?
to increase wealth (mostly through mercantilism)
Which GA battle was a loyalist defeat and it boosted patriot morale?
Battle of Kettle Creek
What event caused South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Election of Lincoln in 1860
List the WRIST crops.
Wine (grapes), Rice, Indigo, Silk, Tobacco
What physical feature provides drinking water to Atlanta and other Piedmont cities?
Chattahoochee River
Why did the Spanish explore the southeast?
Gold, God, Glory
Which GA battle was a failed attempt of the patriots to re-take a coastal port city?
Siege of Savannah
What agreement admitted California as a free state which angered the Southern states?
Compromise of 1850
Who was the principal chief of the Cherokee starting in 1807?
John Ross
What physical feature has a large international port at its mouth?
Savannah River
What was James Oglethorpe's main reason for establishing the Georgia colony?
Philanthropy (charity)
What document established the first government of the U.S?
Articles of Confederation
Who was the chief justice of the US Supreme Court during the Worcester v. Georgia case?
John Marshall
What term refers to the idea that Southern states could secede from the Union if they disagreed with federal laws?
States' rights
Which region has the poorest soil for farming and contains a small coal resource?
Appalachian Plateau
Why did Oglethorpe recruit the Highland Scots?
to defend the colony from the Spanish
What prohibited settlement west of the Appalachin mountains after the French and Indian War?
Proclamation of 1763
What was the purpose of William T. Sherman's March to the Sea?
to break the spirits of the Confederate citizens
What was the biggest and bloodiest battle in Georgia during the Civil War?
Chickamauga