New South
This Georgia leader promoted industrial growth, railroads, and reconciliation with the North, famously giving the “New South” speech.
Henry Grady
This belief argued that states had the right to make their own decisions and ignore federal laws they believed were unconstitutional.
State's Rights
This Union strategy used naval forces to block Georgia’s ports and limit the South’s ability to trade supplies and weapons.
Union Blockade
This president’s Reconstruction plan was the most lenient, allowing Southern states back into the Union if 10% of voters pledged loyalty.
Abraham Lincoln
The GA signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Walton, Hall, Gwinnett
This major Georgia industry expanded rapidly during the New South
What is the textile industry?
This action claimed that states could cancel federal laws, increasing tension between the federal government and Southern states.
Nullification
This 1863 order changed the purpose of the war by declaring enslaved people free in Confederate states, including Georgia.
Emancipation Proclamation
This Reconstruction plan allowed former Confederate leaders back into power and required Southern states to ratify the 13th Amendment.
Johnson's Plan
Battle in Georgia was a Patriot victory that boosted morale and helped weaken British control in the backcountry.
Battle of Kettle Creek
an agricultural system where a landowner allows a tenant to use land and resources (seeds, tools, housing) in exchange for a significant portion of the crops
What was sharecropping?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were property and could not be citizens.
Dred Scott Case
This major Civil War battle fought near Georgia in 1863 was one of the bloodiest and resulted in a Confederate victory.
Battle of Chickamauga
This Reconstruction plan placed Southern states under military control and required them to ratify the 14th Amendment.
Congressional Reconstruction
Revolutionary War battle failed when American and French forces tried—but could not—to capture a key Georgia port city from the British.
Siege of Savannah
This group controlled Georgia politics during the New South and supported business interests and limited government spending.
What was the Bourbon Triumvirate?
Georgia response to the Compromise of 1850.
Georgia Platform
This campaign targeted Georgia’s railroads and factories and led to the fall of Atlanta.
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
This plan(s) plans focused on quickly reuniting the country and were lenient toward Southern states.
Lincoln and Johnson
This war left Great Britain in debt, leading Parliament to tax the colonies, including Georgia, to help pay for it.
French and Indian War
This Georgia Populist leader first supported poor farmers and workers but later promoted racism and helped spread white supremacy in the early 1900s.
What was Tom Watson?
CA entered as a free state and the fugitive slave act was enforced.
Compromise of 1850
This Georgia prison became infamous for overcrowding, disease, and the deaths of thousands of Union soldiers.
Andersonville Prison
This plan Southern states under military rule and requiring them to ratify the 14th Amendment and protect the rights of formerly enslaved people before rejoining the Union.
Congressional Reconstruction
This British law angered Georgia colonists by limiting westward settlement and restricting access to land they wanted to farm.
Proclamation of 1763