Vocabulary
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5 & 6
100
A science of cultivating plants and trees
What is horticulture.
100
These Native Americans were known as the most civilized culture
Who are the Mississippian Indians.
100
He was known to be the first European to set foot in Georgia, in 1540
Who is Hernando De Soto.
100
This was one result of the act: the closing of Boston Harbor until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid for
What is the Intolerable Acts of 1774.
100
The Fugitive Slave Act was a result of this compromise; California became a "free" state, and Texas became a "slave" state
What is the Compromise of 1850.
200
A group of people that live in a new land but keeps their ties to their homeland
What is a colony.
200
This culture invented the Atlatl
What is the Paleo civilization.
200
The country that wanted to spread Catholicism
What is Spain.
200
This man was mostly responsible for the Indian Removal
Who is Andrew Jackson.
200
It states: the United States cannot deny a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 15th Amendment.
300
This act was set to raise money to pay for the French and Indian War; placed taxes on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses
What is the Stamp Act.
300
They built the Rock Eagle and the Kolomoki mounds
Who are the Woodland Indians.
300
The group of people that came from Germany/Austria and were sent to Savannah because they weren't Catholic
What is the Salzburgers.
300
Theses three Georgians signed the Declaration of Independence
Who is Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton.
300
The Bourbon Triumvirate consisted of which three white supremacist; and they wanted to make Georgia more____(opposite of old-fashion)
Who is John B. Gordon, Joseph E. Brown, Alfred Holt Colquit: What is modern.
400
Each white male counted as a “head” of a family and had the “right” to receive up to 1,000 acres; each white male had to be at least 21 years or older
What is the head-right system.
400
These Indians ate a wider range of foods, including nuts and shellfish
Who are the Archaic Indians.
400
He was known as the most popular governor of Georgia because he made Georgia's economy developed and rich; the last Royal Governor
Who is James Wright.
400
This is the oldest public university in the United States of America; made to improve the knowledge and skills of Georgians
What is the University of Georgia.
400
This is one thing that happened because of this: Literacy test and poll taxes were made to keep blacks from voting
What is Disenfranchisement.
500
This destroyed the cotton crops in all of the southern states
What is the boll weevil.
500
This culture lasted form 8,000 BC to 1,000 BC
What is the Archaic.
500
This man signed the Treaty of Savannah with James Oglethorpe; the two were good friends once Oglethorpe arrived to Savannah
Who is Chief Tomochichi.
500
This was a formal document that was written to officially announce the colonies' break from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
500
This is the period of time that began to be more modern by making radios, refrigerators, and telephones
What is the Roaring Twenties.