Civil War
The Policy under Andrew Jackson that led to the forced removal of Native American tribes, including cherokee from GA.
Indian Removal Act
The Atlanta journalist and orator, he was famous for promoting the concept of a new south focused on the industry.
The supreme court case that overturned "seperate but equal" directly impacting segregation in GA schools.
Brown V Board of Education
Who founded Ga in 1733?
James Oglethorpe
Eli Whitney's invention restructured cotton production but it also increased reliance on enslaved labor
Cotton Gin
The system where farmers, formerly enslaved people, rented land and paid with a portion of their harvest.
Sharecropping
Atlanta's first African American Mayir, elected in 1973
Maynard Jackson
What was the name of the group that opposes slavery and liquor in GA's early years
Trustees.
The forced journey if the cherokee people form their ancestral lands in GA and other states in Indian territory.
Trail of Tears
The African American leader, associated with the tuskgee Institute, gave the Atlanta Compromise speech advocating for vocational training.
Booker T. Washington
Peanut Farmer from plains GA served as the 39th President of the US
Jimmy Carter
Which Native American group was displaced by the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Creek and Cherokee
The executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln in January 1863, it declared slaves free on in the rebellious Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation.
The massive influx of european immigrants, particulary from Southern And Eastern Eurpope, dramatically reshaped the demographics and labor force of the American South during the early 20th century.
Immigrants
Key leader in the civil rights movement Co-founder of the SCLC, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, He was born in Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
What 1775 battle in GA was a Patriot victory against Loyalist?
Battle of Kettle Creek
The unique Georgia primary system gave more voting power to rural counties than urban ones for statewide offices.
County Unit System
This segregationist GA governor famously closed his restaurant rather than comply with desgregration laws.
Lester Maddox.
This Yamacraw Creek Chief allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff and became his trusted friend.
Tomochichi