Georgia Geography
What region of Georgia is Atlanta located?
Piedmont
These are two weapons that Native Americans use for hunting...
spear
bow and arrow
This new technology and form of transportation, forever transformed how goods are moved throughout the country.
train or railroad
This amendment ended slavery
13th Amendment
This region is the largest region in Georgia
Coastal Plains
These two Native American tribes onced lived in Georgia
Creek and Cherokee
This is something that Native Americans had and White settlers wanted and took from them...
land
This invention increased the demand for slavery in the south making this cash-crop easier to clean and process.
the Cotton Gin
the year slavery ended...
1865
This is the largest fresh-water swamp located in the South-East of the United States
Okefenokee Swamp
Part of the Yamacraw tribe, this Native American chief negotiated with Mary Musgrove and James Oglethrope, giving them land needed to settle Savannah, Georgia.
Tomochichi
How much money did White settlers pay for Native Americans' stolen land?
free or nothing
this law forced run away slaves to return to the south to their masters
the Fugitive Slave Act
Summer holiday that African Americans celebrate that acknowledges the day all slaves were finally set free!
Juneteenth
These agriculture items are grown in Georgia's coastal Plains region...
peaches, pecans, pine trees
This U.S president is known for his harsh treatment of Native Americans and responsible for the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
This term defines White peoples God given right to expand west and steal Native American land...
Manifest Destiny
This president freed the slaves!
Abraham Lincoln
this person was a slave that sued his owner for his freedom because they were living in a free state
Dred Scott
This Georgia region is home to the Cherokee Nation and the United States first gold rush!
Blue Ridge
the text often says that Native Americans ceded their land to the United States, but this is false because their land was stolen. What does "cede" mean?
to give up
This even describes Native Americans being forcefully removed from their lands and made to walk to Oklahoma, where many died from diseases and starvation.
the Trail of Tears
Issued by president Abraham Lincoln after the battle of Antietam this declaration declared slaves free in Confederate States
Emancipation Proclamation
This court case decided that Black people were not citizens, thus did not deserve equal rights and not considered a full person.
Dred Scott Case