History
What were the economic factors that led to the Great Depression?
Overbuying
Overspending
Boll weevil
Drought
What are the new deal programs
Tennessee valley activity (TVA)
Civilian Conservation Court (CCC)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
What were the five capitals of GA
SALMA
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
What do the three branches of government do?
Executive: Enforce the laws
Legislative: makes the laws
Judicial: interprets laws
What are the four main transportation systems?
highways, airplane, cargo ships, and railroads
Events that led to the Civil War. (only need a general idea.)
Slavery, States rights, nullification, compromise of 1850, GA platform, Dread Scott case, Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, and the debate of succcession
Who are the three GA signers of the Declaration of Independence
Gwinnett, Hall, Walton
What hemisphere is GA located in??
North-western Hemispere
What is checks and balance
no power is over the other
What is the name of the biggest airport in Georgia and why is it so important?
Jacksonville airport and because they host major corporate operations with big airlines
What was the Impact of the land policies pursued by Georgia?
Head right system, land lotteries.
What was the compromise of 1850
the fugitive slave act was abolished
What are the five regions of GA
Blue ridge, Ridge and valley, Appalachian plateau, Piedmont, Coastal plains
Parts of the GA. constitution
preamble, bill of rights, articles, and amendments
What are the two main deep water ports in Georgia
Brunswick and Savannah
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
13: abolish slavery
14: defines citizenship
15: All men the right to vote
What is the difference between share cropping and tenant farming??
Tenant farmers use their own resources while sharecroppers have nothing but labor in the agreement
What are the states surrounding GA
Alabama, Florida, North and south Carolina, Tennessee,
What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor?
A felony is a serious crime for ex: assault and battery
A misdemeanor is a minor crime for ex: speeding ticket
Who was the person that owned a barber shop and created a business that gives insurance to African Americans and blacks
Alonzo Herdon
What were the weaknesses of the articles of confederation and explain how they led to a new federal constitution?
No executive branch, no judicial branch, no way to tax people, no regulation of trade, weak central, government, all 13 had to agree to make a change
What were examples of racial inequality during the new south era??
Jim crow laws, disenfranchisement, racial violence, and 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
What's the biggest river in GA
Chattahoochee river
What is local government?
It's the government only for your city for ex: fire station and police
What was Georgia's agricultural economy based of of during the civil war
Slave Labor