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The invention that led to the explosion of slavery in the south.
What is the cotton gin?
Highest Point in Georgia AND region where it is located.
What is Brasstown Bald?
Where is Blue Ridge?
Used for fast transportation starting in 1833 .
Bonus: Atlanta used to be called _____________ because it was the END of these!
What are Railroads?
Bonus: Terminus
Prevented people from settling west of Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were angry about this!
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Most notorious prisoner of war camp from the Civil War
What was Andersonville?
7th president who signed the Indian Removal Act. *He IGNORED the Supreme Court's decision that the Cherokee could stay in Georgia.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
River separating Georgia and Alabama
What is the Chattahoochee River?
Gave the head of the household 200 acres of free land with the possibility of 1000 acres with benefits.
What was the Headright System?
Countries that fought against each other for control of North America in the French Indian War?
Who is France and England
Southern states began to secede from the Union after this election
What is the election of 1860
Who was William McIntosh?
These things protect the coast from harsh weather
What are the Golden Isles or Barrier Islands?
Land sold to companies for extremely low prices. The companies bribed the GA General Assembly.
What was the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Used to repay war debts, causing colonists to protest, and contributing to the American Revolution
What is the Stamp Act?
Plan to cut off the Confederacy from Britain. Was meant to squeeze the life out of the confederacy
What was the Anaconda Plan?
4th person to be appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee and fought for them to stay in Georgia.
Bonus: Court case in which he ruled that the Cherokee were their own sovereign nation.
Who was John Marshall?
Bonus: What is Worcester v. Georgia
Smallest Region of Georgia that specializes in coal mining
What is the Appalachian Plateau?
A gamble for land where people bought ballots and put them in barrels for drawing.
What was the Land Lottery?
Protest group against the Stamp Act
What are the Sons of Liberty or Liberty Boys?
Document that freed the slaves of rebelling states (the Confederacy).
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A Cherokee chief who petitioned to let his people stay in Georgia. His petitions were ignored and many of his people died on the Trail of Tears.
Who was John Ross?
Region known for textiles and carpet industries. Includes Dalton and small areas of fertile farmland.
What is the Ridge and Valley Region?
A document written in that was the first US government.
*Bonus: Who was the chief executive according to this document?
What were the Articles of Confederation?
Bonus: NO ONE! There was no chief executive or national court system!
Led by Elijah Clarke, this battle showed Georgia Patriots were willing to fight against Great Britain.
What was the Battle of Kettle Creek?
Bloody battle in NW Georgia fought over control of a major railroad. Confederates won, but it ultimately led to the Union taking Chattanooga.
What was Chickamauga?