U.S. Supreme Court Cases
World War I
Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the Civil War
World War II
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Stated that segregation was illegal Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson Georgia changed its state flag in 1956 because it was angry at having to enforce this
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
100
His assassination by a Serbian terrorist in 1914 was considered the spark that ignited WWI
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100

The biggest cause of the American Revolution Britain defeated France...Indians fought on both sides King George III taxed the colonists to pay for this Called the 7 Years War in Europe

What is the French and Indian War?

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Maintained the balance of slave and free states in Congress Missouri entered as a slave state Maine entered as a free state No slavery allowed above a line at the 36th parallel
What is the Missouri Compromise?
100
The U.S. declared war on the Axis Powers after this was attacked on December 7, 1941 FDR called it "A Day Which Shall Live in Infamy"
What is Pearl Harbor?
200

The court case that started Jim Crow Laws. 

What is Plessy V Ferguson

200

Many people became homeless. The stock market closed. People stood in long line for free food. There were no jobs.

What is the Great Depression?

200
The first direct tax on the colonies It was a tax on all paper products (books, playing cards, and newspapers)
What is the Stamp Act?
200

California entered as free state Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C. The South got the Fugitive Slave Act

What is the Compromise of 1850?

200
FDR brought this company to Marietta, GA It provided jobs and money to the community They produced the B-29 Bomber
What is Bell Aircraft?
300
Declared the Cherokee were a separate nation and did not have to follow Georgia's rules Chief Justice was John Marshall President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce it
What is Worcester vs. Georgia?
300

My contribution was fabric for military uniforms. Provided more military bases than any other state. Used my railroads to carry men, and guns to ships. Imprisoned prisoners of war outside of Atlanta on a military base.

What is Georgia's contribution to World War I?

300
Passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party Soldiers could be quartered or housed by the colonists Boston Harbor was closed until the tea was paid for No public meetings
What are the Intolerable Acts?
300

I burnt down the City of Atlanta in order to destroy confederates supplies. I led my soldiers on a march from Atlanta to Savannah, where we attack confederate soliders.

Who is General William Sherman ?

300
They produced the Liberty Ships, which were cargo ships used in WWII They brought jobs and money to the community Many women took jobs here because the men were at war
What are the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards?
400
Declared that segregation was legal Stated that the races could be separated as long as there were equal facilities for both
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
400

I think the New Deal will not help the Citizen of Georgia. I am the Governor of Georgia who believe segregation is the best way to help my citizens 

Who is Eugene Talmadge?

400
The document written by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia Declared the colonies would be free of the king Signed by Hall, Gwinnett, and Walton from Georgia
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400

Since the Compromise of 1850 was so unpopular with the south, Henry Clay begged his Georgia friends to help him pass it Georgia signed this statement supporting the Compromise of 1850. It allowed new states to decide to free states or slave states.

What is the Georgia Platform?

400
Starting in 1940, this program was how FDR got the US into WWII without sending troops It supplied the countries of Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
500
Stated that a Missouri man was not free, even though a lower court had set him free Stated that this man was property and had no right to sue
What is the Dred Scott case?
500

Helped Americans to regain employment and wealth through programs like Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment, Rural Electrification Administration and Social Security Administration

What is the New Deal

500

The document that split up land won from the French in the French and Indian War Colonists could not cross the Appalachian Mountains, which angered them because it stopped them from settling new land and making money

What is the Proclamation of 1763?

500
The word means to choose to ignore a federal law
What is nullification?
500
The mass murder of over 6 million Jews and other "undesirables" by Hitler's Nazis The prisons scattered all over Europe were called concentration camps
What is the Holocaust?
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