Exploration
Which group of Europeans came to the "New World" looking for God, gold, and glory?
Spanish/ Conquistadors
What Trustee came to Georgia with the new colonists?
James Oglethorpe
What was Sherman's philosophy of war?
Total War
What ocean borders Georgia?
Atlantic Ocean
What did the 13th Amendment make illegal?
Slavery
Why did a large number of American Indians die during the period of European Exploration?
Exposure to Diseases
Who was the interpreter who helped the colonists communicate with the American Indians?
Mary Musgrove
What was the name of the overcrowded Prisoner-of-War Camp in Georgia?
Andersonville Prison
On what continent is Georgia located?
North American
Which amendment gave freed men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
What three European countries to explore the North American continent (especially Georgia)?
Spain, France, and England
Which war led to the Proclamation of 1763 and caused England to go into debt and tax the colonists?
French and Indian War
What was the name of the last Confederate victory in Georgia?
Battle of Chickamauga
What separates the Piedmont region from the Coastal Plain region?
Fall line
What was the name of the organization created to help formerly enslaved people/poor whites to get an education and jobs?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What was built along Georgia's coast to convert the American Indians to Catholicism?
What are the three sections of the Declaration of Independence?
Preamble, Grievances, Declaration
Who was denied his freedom by the U.S. Supreme Court when he sued for his freedom?
Dred Scott
Why did Georgia's capital move west over the course of the state's history?
Due to the movement of the population toward the west
Which Reconstruction Plan was harder or more strict on the South and sent the military to occupy the South?
Congressional Plan
Who was the conquistador who led the Spanish exploration through Georgia?
Hernando DeSoto
Who were the three Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton
What president was elected that was deemed the last straw before the Civil War began?
Abraham Lincoln
What two rivers make up the east and west borders of Georgia?
Chattahoochee and Savannah Rivers
What group of people were removed from the Georgia General Assembly unfairly causing a delay in Georgia's delay in reentering the Union?
Black (African American) Legislators