Emancipation Pro.
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
January 1, 1863.
What aided the growth of slavery?
The Cotton Gin
This U.S. president signed the Indian Removal Act, which led to the forced removal of the Cherokee.
Andrew Jackson
This farming system kept many freedmen in debt and tied to the land.
Sharecropping
What typically motivates entrepreneurs to improve goods and services or create new ones?
Profit
This 1863 document declared enslaved people in Confederate states “forever free,” though it did not free all enslaved people immediately.
Emancipation Proclamation
Which battle was the largest fought in GA and second bloodiest battle in the Civil War?
Chickamauga
This land distribution system gave white male heads of household the chance to receive land for free.
Headright System
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
The 13th Amendment
This was Sherman’s famous gift to President Lincoln in 1864.
The city of Savannah
Which Supreme Court case deemed slaves to be property?
Dred Scott v Sanford
This major port city in Georgia became even more important as cotton exports increased.
Savannah
This scandal involved Georgia legislators being bribed to sell millions of acres of land illegally.
Yazoo Land Fraud
This amendment granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people.
The 14th Amendment
This group re-emerged in 1915, promoting hatred and violence against African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
This 1860 election winner caused Southern states, including Georgia, to consider secession
Abraham Lincoln
This march destroyed railroads, crops, and supplies as Union troops moved from Atlanta to Savannah.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
This was the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma in the 1830s.
Trial of Tears
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
This debate in Georgia was over whether the state should stay in or leave the Union after Lincoln’s election
The Georgia Platform
What strategic objective contributed to President Abraham Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
By freeing all slaves in the Southern states, Lincoln made the war about slavery and caused European nations to resist aiding the Confederacy.
What was the "Anaconda Plan"?
Union’s military strategy during the Civil War.
This replaced the land lottery system and gave settlers a random chance to win new land.
Land Lottery
This organization helped freedmen by providing schools, food, clothing, and medical care.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Which industry was MOST responsible for Georgia's growth before the Civil War?
agriculture