The Civil War
Added by the Georgia Platform that helped delay the Civil War
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
The Region of Georgia that includes the city of Atlanta
What is the Piedmont
Qualifications for this office include being 30 years of age, 6 years residence in the state of Georgia and a U.S. citizen for 15 years.
What is the Governor of Georgia
This was the purpose of Spanish Missions.
What is converting the Native Americans to Christianity Catholicism
This was a War between 1754 and 1763. It was between the French/ Native Americans and the Colonists/ Great Britain
What is the French and Indian War
This was the First important battle in Georgia during the Civil War
What is the Battle of Chickamauga
The water the runs through the Fall Line runs faster and has many waterfalls. How can this resource used by the State of Georgia?
What is as energy through hydroelectricity
This position in Government serves a four year term with no limits on terms
What is the Lt. Governor
A culture of Mound builders who lived in large towns and survived through farming and hunting/gathering
Who were the Mississippians
A failed attempt by the American colonists and the French to retake Savannah from the British during the American Revolution
What is the Siege of Savannah
The election of Abraham Lincoln triggered many Sothern states to do what?
Secede from the Union
Because of its rocky shallow waters and waterfalls, the Chattahoochee River cannot be used for
What is trade/ transportation
The branch of government that ensures justice through a multi-level court system
What is the Judicial Branch
Who are the Yamacraw Natives
The Capital of Georgia moved from Savannah to here, remeber S.A.L.M.A.
What is Augusta
When a state refuses to enforce a Federal Law. Tariffs
What is nullification
There have been legal battles between Florida, Georgia and Alabama for the rights to what river?
What is the Chattahoochee River
A document for which the purpose is to establish a relationship between the government and its people
What is the Georgia State Constitution
A system of land distribution in Georgia where one drum had people's names and another drum with land lots for purchase
What is the Land Lottery System
A border marked by the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were not to settle west of here
What is the Proclamation of 1763
General Sherman destroyed railroads, cotton mills and warehouses during this pivotal event in the Civil War
What is Sherman's March to the Sea
This is the most populated region in Georgia is the Piedmont region mostly because of this major city.
What is Atlanta
This is a legislature that has two houses. The Georgia General Assembly is an example.
What is bicameral
This invention sped up cotton cleaning but led to a great increase in slavery
What is the Cotton Gin
A colonist who wanted to become independent from Great Britain
What is a Patriot