U.S. Supreme Court Cases
This beetle feeds on cotton and destroyed cotton crops in Georiga.
Boll weevil
One of the causes of the American Revolution It caused King George III to need to tax the colonists to pay for this action.
What is the French and Indian War?
The U.S. declared war on the Axis Powers after this was attacked on December 7, 1941 FDR called it "A Day Which Shall Live in Infamy"
What is Pearl Harbor?
Stated that segregation in schools was illegal. This case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson. Georgia changed its state flag in 1956 because it was angry at having to enforce this ruling.
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
During the 1920's this lack of rain contributed to an economic depression in Georgia?
Drought
The first direct tax on the North American colonies. It was a tax on all paper products (books, playing cards, and newspapers).
What is the Stamp Act?
It was an agreement that: 1. allowed California to enter as a free state 2. Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C. 3. Gave the South the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
FDR brought this company to Marietta, GA. It provided jobs/money to the community and produced the B-29 Bomber.
What is Bell Aircraft?
Declared that segregation was legal. It stated that the races could be separated as long as there were equal facilities for both.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
The location visited by President FDR to help with his polio and is considered the reason he had a special relationship with Georiga.
Warm Springs, GA
The document that split up land won from the French. It stated Colonists could not cross the Appalachian Mountains, which angered them because it stopped them from settling new land and making money.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
It was an agreement that maintained the balance of slave and free states in Congress. It said that: 1. Missouri entered as a slave state 2. Maine entered as a free state 3. No slavery allowed above a line at the 36th parallel.
What is the Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)?
They produced the Liberty Ships, which were cargo ships used in WWII. They brought jobs and money to the community. Many women took jobs here because the men were at war.
What are the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards?
The document was written by Thomas Jefferson. It stated that the colonies would be free of the king. It was signed by Hall, Gwinnett, and Walton from Georgia
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Since the Compromise of 1850 was so unpopular with the south, Henry Clay begged his Georgia friends to help him pass it. This said that Georgia would agree and sign supporting the Compromise of 1850.
What is the Georgia Platform?
Starting in 1940, this program was how FDR got the US into WWII without sending troops It supplied the countries of Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union
What is the Lend-Lease Act?