Geography
Georgia is located in which two hemispheres?
Western and Northern
A change that was made to the U.S. Constitution that made slavery illegal in all states was
13th Amendment
The Mississippians were American Indians who lived in Georgia when Europeans first arrived. These Indians made their shelters mostly from ____________________________.
Sticks and Mud or Clay (Wattle & Duab)
The colony of Georgia was started for three reasons. These three reasons were:
Philanthropy, Economics, and Defense
How did the French and Indian War help to cause the American Revolution?
England began to tax the colonists to pay for the French and Indian War, and this made many colonists very angry.
Why was the Bell Bomber Plant in Marietta, GA built during World War II?
to make B-29 bombers
Name the five regions that make up Georgia.
Appalachian Plateau, Ridge & Valley, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain
An organization established by Congress in 1865 to help freed slaves and poor Whites in the South was
the Freedmen's Bureau
________________________ is a theory about money that says that a country should export more than it imports.
Mercantilism
Weaknesses:
The list above describes weaknesses in which document below?
The Articles of Confederation
Name Georgia's five capitals in order of their creation.
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta
How did the Bell Bomber Plant help Georgia’s economy?
the company employed thousands of Georgia civilians
Name the river that covers the border of Georgia & South Carolina
Savannah River
Explain "the white primary"
only allowed white people to vote in the most important elections
To distribute newly acquired land to the people of Georgia, the government came up with a policy which sold the land very cheaply to four land companies who would then sell it to citizens. This land policy ultimately failed. What was this land policy called?
The Yazoo Act
“A Muscogee/Creek Indian chief who had a Scottish father and Creek mother, he was first cousins with Georgia’s governor and was related to several other important Georgia families. This gave him political power and influenced him to support the United States.”
The phrase above describes which person below?
William McIntosh
The issues of __________________________ were two things that contributed to feelings of division and anger among northern and southern states and eventually led to the American Civil War.
slavery and states’ rights
In which two Georgia towns were Liberty ships built?
Savannah and Brunswick
Name the river that lies on teh border of Georgia & Alabama.
Chattahoochee River
Which of the following products were produced by Georgia's textile mills for the World War I effort?
Fabric for uniforms and blankets
One of the North's most important war plans was to set up a blockade of boats off Georgia's coast so the South couldn't send cotton to other countries in return for weapons and supplies. They called this the __________________.
Anaconda Plan
After the Battle of Antietam, in 1862, the president decided it was time to officially free the slaves. He accomplished this by issuing the ______________________ , which said that slaves in the South would be free starting on January 1, 1863.
Emancipation Proclamation
“Starting in November 1864, the Union army cut a path of destruction through Georgia. The soldiers followed a "scorched earth" policy, destroying military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property, disrupting the Confederacy's economy and transportation networks. The operation debilitated the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender. Sherman's forces reached the port city of Savannah, Georgia, in December 1864, effectively splitting the Confederacy in two.”
The statement above describes which event below?
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Name the three branches of government
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
One of the largest and healthiest freshwater ecosystems in the world is located in Georgia and is called the ____________________.
Okefenokee Swamp
The Georgia Governor who was against the New Deal, partly because is helped both Blacks and Whites was
Eugene Talmadge
A change that was made to the U.S. Constitution that granted suffrage to Black males was
the 15th Amendment
Why did Franklin Roosevelt start visiting Warm Springs, GA regularly in 1921?
to treat polio
What event marked America's entry into World War II?
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
The four main groups who settled in the colony of Georgia were the
Jews, Salzburgers, Highland Scots, and Malcontents