Exploration & Colonization
Churches set up by the Spanish in hopes of converting Native Americans to Christianity
What are Missions
An early name for the city of Atlanta; in 1837, this was the site where the end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad terminated
What is Terminus
Farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property in exchange for land, farming equipment, and seed; They were required to provide the land owner with a share of the crop.
What are Sharecroppers
A short lived political party (1892-1908) made up of farmers that were hostile to banks, railroads, and social elites. At the beginning, the party was made up of both whites and blacks. Georgian Tom Watson was a leader and presidential candidate for the party
What is the Populist Party
Important Georgia river that forms part of the western boundary of the state.
What is the Chattahoochee River
Homes built of a network of interwoven sticks and covered with mud or clay; used by Mississippian cultures and European settlers.
What is Wattle and Daub
Royal proclamation that forbade English colonists from settling newly acquired land west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is Proclamation of 1763
Terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South
Ku Klux Klan
A series of three large events (1881, 1885, 1895) established to display Atlanta’s growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region
What are the International Cotton Expositions
A Continent is the world’s largest land mass. Georgia is apart of what continent?
What is North America
The first capital of Georgia; founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe
What is Savannah
The beginning of a document that explains why the document exists. In the case of the Declaration of Independence the this section explains natural rights.
What is the Preamble
Farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property were required to provide the landowner with a share of the crop; They usually owned their own farming equipment
What is Tenant Farming
Used to prevent African-Americans or Blacks from voting. Due to the substandard education in the South for both poor Blacks and whites many Georgians could not read or write and could not pass these tests in order to vote. Some Whites were “passed” by polling officials to allow them to vote, though others were not. However, many educated Blacks were told that they still failed the test and were unable to vote.
What are Literacy Test
This region is located in northwest Georgia; known as the TAG corner (the region connects with Tennessee and Alabama).
What is the Appalachian Plateau Region
Creek Indian woman who served as the translator for James Oglethorpe and Yamacraw Chief Tomochichi.
Who is Mary Musgrove
Three men signed the Declaration of Independence on behalf of the Georgia colony.
Who is George Walton, Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett
Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga.
What is the Battle of Chickamauga
Educator, author, political activist, and orator; promoted the idea that African-Americans or Blacks should pursue economic and educational endeavors before seeking social and political equality
Who is Booker T. Washington
Georgia is located in what region of the United States of America?
What is Southeastern/South/American South
One of the three reasons for Georgia’s founding. James Oglethorpe and the trustees hoped to bring debtors and England’s “worthy poor” to the colony to begin new lives. However, no debtor was ever released from debtors’ prison to come to Georgia. At one time, the term charity was used
What is Philanthropy
Creek chief who illegally signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs; was murdered by his tribesmen for this action
Who is William McIntosh
Agreement between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
What is the Compromise of 1850
Trial where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13 year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death, his sentence was later reduced to life due to additional evidence. However, a group of men calling themselves “the Knights of Mary Phagan” took him out of his prison cell and lynched him in Marietta.
What is the Leo Frank Case
Hemispheres are lines of latitude and longitude that divide the earth into halves. Georgia is located in what two Hemispheres?
What is Northern and Western Hemispheres