The Age of Exploration/Colonization
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to the “New World” in this famous ship
What is the Mayflower?
This was the first colony established in the US
What is Jamestown?
On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln made this famous speech that stated that all slaves in the north were deemed “free”
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These countries were the axis powers in WWII
Who are Italy, Germany, and Japan?
This is GAs state motto
What is the Peanut State?
This very infamous political figure in Europe created the Anglican church and had 6 wives
Who is King Henry VIII?
This famous figure founded the colony of GA
Who is James Oglethorpe?
This was the compromise made during the constitution that stated that slaves would count as 3/5 of a person during elections
What is the 3/5 compromise?
The day that ended WWI on November 11th, 1918 is also called
What is Armistice Day?
These were the laws in the south that supported disenfranchisement, and made it very hard for colored people up until the 1950s
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This person created the printing press, which allowed the Christian bible to become worldwide by printing
Who is Johannes Gutenburg?
This document officially established GA as a colony (pre-revolutionary war)
What is charter of 1732?
This compromise was a meeting to decide whether or not California should become a slave state or a free state (obviously, this was a step forward in eliminating the 36th parallel) the final decision was that it would have no slavery
What is the Compromise of 1850?
In 1864, a union general named William Tecumseh Sherman tore through GA, and by December 21st, 1864, all of GA was destroyed, ending with Savannah. this event was called
What is Sherman’s March to the Sea?
After the County Unit System was deemed “unconstitutional,” this was the form of voting count that GA used
What is One Person, One Vote?
This explorer was the first to reach what is now present-day GA
Who is Hernando De Soto?
This event when GA was a royal colony stated that the new settlers were forbid to go west of the Appalachian Mountains to colonize land
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This compromise drew the slave-dividing line over the 36th parallel, and stated that any states above that line were free, but the ones under were slave, (Hint: It was in 1820)
What is the Missouri Compromise?
These two conflicts eventually led to the start of the US civil war
What are slavery and states rights?
This landmark used to be a bank for the Savannah River, and was the site of a very famous revolutionary war battle. Nowadays, it is completely enclosed in city
What is the Yamacraw Bluff?
This person conquered the Incan Empire, and owed all of his conquistador success to the books published by Hernan Cortez, conquer of the Aztecs
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
These were the four groups of people that settled in GA during its colonization period and helped (or hurt) the establishment of GA
What are the Malcontents, Jews, Salzburgers, and Highland Scots?
This treaty signed by many political figures in 1825 forced the Creek Indians to surrender all their land in GA to the US
What is the Second Treaty of Indian Springs?
This program established by FDR in 1941 allowed the US and other allied powers to give aid to Great Britain during WWII
What is the Lend-Lense System?
This was the plan formulated by the union to block all confederate ports during the civil war
What is the Anaconda Plan?