Civil War(V)
This major rail hub and state capital was the primary target of General William T. Sherman’s 1864 campaign.
What is Atlanta?
This amendment officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, except as punishment for a crime.
What is the 13th Amendment?
He was known as the “Spokesman of the New South” and promoted industrial growth after Reconstruction.
Who is Henry Grady
This 1929 event triggered the nationwide economic collapse that soon hit Georgia hard.
What is the Stock Market Crash
Born in Atlanta, this minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner became the face of the national Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This September 1863 battle, fought near a creek of the same name, was a major Confederate victory but failed to stop the Union advance into Georgia.
What is Chickamauga?
This group of "Radical" politicians in Congress pushed for the passage of these amendments to ensure civil rights for formerly enslaved people.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
This Georgia governor and U.S. senator pushed for white supremacy and opposed civil rights reforms during the New South era.
Who is Tom Watson
Before the Depression even began, this insect devastated Georgia’s cotton crops.
What is the boll weevil
This 1961-1962 movement in a Southwest Georgia city was considered a "learning curve" for the SCLC after failing to end segregation there immediately.
What is the Albany Movement?
General Sherman’s infamous "March to the Sea" ended with the capture of this historic Georgia port city in December 1864.
What is Savannah?
This amendment guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This major Atlanta exposition in 1895 showcased the South’s industrial progress.
What is the Cotton States and International Exposition
This natural disaster of the 1920s worsened Georgia’s agricultural decline by drying up farmland.
What is the drought
This 1946 event occurred when Eugene Talmadge died before taking office, leading to three different men claiming the governorship.
What is the Three Governors Controversy?
Known for its horrific conditions and high mortality rate, this Confederate prisoner-of-war camp was located in Sumter County, Georgia.
What is Andersonville (or Camp Sumter)?
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and guaranteed "equal protection of the laws."
What is the 14th Amendment?
This beverage company, founded in Atlanta in 1886, became one of the world’s most recognizable brands.
What is Coca‑Cola
Many Georgia farmers lost their land because they could not pay these yearly costs.
What are property taxes
This 1906 event, sparked by false newspaper reports of Black men attacking white women, devastated the city's reputation decades before the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the Atlanta Race Riot?
He was the Confederate commander tasked with defending Atlanta against Sherman until he was replaced by John Bell Hood due to his perceived "cautious" tactics.
Who is Joseph E. Johnston?
Established in 1865, this agency's greatest success was arguably the establishment of schools for formerly enslaved people.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
These three industries—textiles, tobacco, and lumber—were known as the “Big Three” of the New South economy.
What are the Big Three industries
Families without electricity often used these lamps for light.
What are kerosene lamps
This mayor ordered the removal of "Whites Only" and "Colored" signs from City Hall on his first day in office in 1962.
Who is Ivan Allen, Jr.?