New political party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War
What is the republican party?
100
The Leader of the Populist Party.
Who is Thomas Watson?
100
A term that means a set of laws for a state or nation.
What is the Constitution?
100
Forced labor; provided most of the labor in the south during Antebellum.
What is a slave?
100
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
Union general that led the March to the Sea and the burning of Atlanta
Who is William T. Sherman?
200
A Jewish factory manager wrongly accused of murdering a young female employee. He was sentenced to death but the sentence was later changed to life in prison; kidnapped and lynched (hung) in Marietta.
Who is Leo Frank?
200
The following Georgians have what in common? (Button Gwinett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton)
What is signing the Declaration of Independence?
200
People who worked/fought to get rid of slavery.
What is an Abolitionist?
200
Secret organization that was created after the Civil War; terrorized blacks to try and keep them from voting
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
300
Civil War battle where the Union wins control of an important railroad center near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
What is the Battle of Chickamauga?
300
The African American leader who supported a gradual approach to civil rights and racial equality during the “New South”.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
The law that forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
A Slave whose case went to the U.S. Supreme Court; argued that he was free because he had lived in a free state; U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the owner ruling that slaves were property
Who is Dred Scott?
300
He spoke of unity & trust and tried to encourage northern investors to do business in the South.
Who is Henry Grady?
400
Civil War battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862; bloodiest single day battle of the American Civil War
What is Antietam?
400
Methods used for the disenfranchisement of African Americans.
What are poll taxes, literacy tests, and property taxes?
400
This event left the British government in heavy debt, which in turn resulted in a series of taxes that were imposed on the American colonists.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
American President during the Civil War; elected President in 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to freedmen; required freedmen to be given “equal protection under the law”
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
Northern war strategy; close off southern ports to keep the south from exporting and importing goods.
What is the Union Blockade of GA’s Coast?
500
What made Alonzo Herndon a successful business man?
What is the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company?
500
Murdered by Creek Indians for ceding all of the remaining Creek lands in Georgia.
Who is William McIntosh?
500
Legal theory that states had the right to invalidate (not follow) any law they believed to be unconstitutional.
What is Nullification?
500
System of voting used in local and state elections which gave small, rural counties more voting power; later declared unconstitutional in 1962.