GA Geography
Where do both the Chattahoochee and Savannah River Start in GA?
Blue Ridge
What native American tribe in GA is referred to as the mound Builders?
Mississippians
What important document Mentions Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Declaration of Independence
Who held more power under the articles of confederations?
States
List two conditions of the Compromise of 1850. What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
Fugitive Slave Act, California is a free state, Slave trade ended in D.C., and New Mexico and Utah become states; deal with slavery
Name the 5 regions of Georgia.
Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, Appalachian Plateau
What European explorer did they come into contact with?
What was the purpose of growing the WRIST crops in GA?
Grow and send crops to Georgia
What two inventions provided a period of Economic prosperity in the South?
Cotton Gin & Railroads
What was the purpose of the Union Blockade?
To stop Confederates from getting supplies
What two regions does the Fall Line sit between?
Piedmont & Coastal Plains
What was Hernando Desoto Looking for in GA?
GOLD
What did Georgia gain from the French and Indian War?
Land
List four weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Can't tax the states, can't raise an army, can't change laws without all 13 states agreeing, no president, and no Supreme Court
What was the Purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Free slaves in the southern states
How would you describe the Piedmont region of GA?
Rolling Hills
Who did James Oglethorpe create the colony of GA for?
Debtors & the poor
What rebellious group protested the Stamp act During the Revolutionary War?
Liberty Boys
What direction did the state capitals of Georgia Shift? What is the acronym for GA’s Five capitals?
West & SALMA
What was the Outcome of the Dred Scott v. Sanford court case?
Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property and not U.S. citizens
Where in GA is the Okefenokee Swamp Located? What purposes does the swamp serve in GA?
South Georgia (Coastal Plains) & its a wildlife refugee
How did his adventure affect the Native Americans?
He spread diseases & caused the decline of the Mississippians
Name the Thirteen Colonies the British Settled in North America.
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
What happened to the state of GA as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Chattahoochee River became Georgia's western boundary line
What did the Unionists Believe? What did the Secessionists Believe?