Colonial Georgia
This was one reason the Spanish started settlements in North America
What is "Convert Native Americans to Christianity"?
This Georgian signed the Declaration of Independence
Who is Lyman Hall?
This amendment abolished slavery in January of 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This geographic feature facilitated trade and boosted commerce in 19th century Georgia.
What are rivers?
This was a reason colonists were dissatisfied with trustee policies in early Georgia
What is "The colonists could not own slaves"?
This describes what Georgia Patriots supported during the American Revolution.
What is "Independence from Great Britain"?
This was the site of the largest and bloodiest Civil War battle in Georgia.
What is Chickamauga?
This person was nicknamed "The Great Accommodator".
Who is Booker T. Washington?
These are the five geographic regions of Georgia.
What are Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau?
This best describes Georgia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What is "Georgia relied heavily on trade with England"?
This was the purpose of the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention
What is "Give equal representation to both large and small states"?
This organization was created by the federal government in 1865 to help former slaves.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This group dominated Georgia's politics in the late 1800s and wanted the South to be more industrialized
Who are Southern Democrats (or the Bourbon Triumvirate)
This describes how Georgia's location impacted its role in the Civil War
What is "Georgia's agricultural economy provided resources for the Confederate army"?
This act ultimately undid the Georgia Platform and the Compromise of 1850.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
This was Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery during his 1860 presidential campaign.
What is "Slavery should not be allowed to spread into new United States territories"?
This describes the period of Reconstruction.
What is "After the Civil War when the federal government took control of Southern states"?
These were examples of Jim Crow laws.
What are segregated schools, drinking fountains, restrooms, public transportation, voting restrictions, and limitations on employment opportunities?
These five regions make up Georgia's geography.
What are Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau?
This describes what the Georgia Platform adopted in December 1850.
What is "Accepted the Compromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Bill"?
This best describes the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case.
What is "a slave was not a citizen but rather property of an owner"
This was part of President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction.
What is "10% of a state's population must take an oath of allegiance to the United States"?
This describes the purpose of Jim Crow laws between 1877 and 1918.
What is "To legally separate African Americans from white people in almost every aspect of daily life"?
This geographic feature of Georgia influenced its economic development in the 19th century.
What are rivers that facilitated trade and transportation, boosting commerce and agriculture?