This invention separated cotton seeds from its fiber
What is the cotton gin
100
First public university in the United States and in Georgia.
What is the University of Georgia
100
Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that slaves were property and could not sue, also ruled that Congress could not stop slavery in territories.
What is the Dred Scott case.
100
Confederate Civil War prison where thousands of Union soldiers died from dehydration, starvation, and/or disease
What is Andersonville
100
Colleges, such as Morehouse College,began through the work of this organization which was created to help freed slaves after the Civil War
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
200
This invention allowed for products to be moved over land quickly.
What are Railroads
200
Replaced the headright system. All white males of the household could purchase a chance to win land. Known as the ___________.
What is the land lottery
200
Thought of as a "necessary evil", this helped with the growing and harvesting of crops.
What is slavery
200
Civil War battle; three day battle (July 1 to July 3, 1863); Union won while suffering 23,000 casualties; Confederacy suffered 28,000 casualties
What is Gettysburg
200
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
300
This invention made it easier to harvest crops by automatically cutting the crops.
What is the mechanical reaper
300
Economy of the Southern states was based on this.
What is agriculture
300
Outlawed slavery North of the 36'20' line of latitude, Missouri entered as a slave state and main entered as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise
300
Civil War battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862; bloodiest single day battle of the American Civil War
What is Antietam
300
Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to freedmen; required freedmen to be given “equal protection under the law”
What is the 14th Amendment
400
Land system in which every white male had the "right" to receive up to 1,000 acres of land.
What is the Headright System
400
Belief that the states' interests take precedence over interests of the national government.
What is States' Rights
400
What is the first state that seceded from the Union?
What is South Carolina
400
Civil War battle where the Union wins control of an important railroad center near Chattanooga, Tennessee
What is Chickamauga
400
Constitutional amendment that gave all males the right to vote regardless of race/ethnicity
What is the 15th Amendment
500
Georgia's governor and some legislators sold land to companies for less than what the land was worth. This is known as the ______________.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud
500
The idea that a state can nullify or not follow a law is _________.
What is nullification
500
Which representative of Georgia called for the South to remain loyal to the Union?
Who is Alexander Stephens
500
Document issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared the freedom for all slaves in states that were still in rebellion against the Union if they did not surrender; took effect on
January 1, 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
500
One of the first black men to win election to Georgia’s General Assembly in the election of 1867