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Stated that segregation was illegal Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson Georgia changed its state flag in 1956 because it was angry at having to enforce this
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
100
His assassination by a Serbian terrorist in 1914 was considered the spark that ignited WWI
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100

The biggest cause of the American Revolution Britain defeated France...Indians fought on both sides King George III taxed the colonists to pay for this Called the 7 Years War in Europe

What is the French and Indian War?

100

Maintained the balance of slave and free states in Congress Missouri entered as a slave state Maine entered as a free state No slavery allowed above a line at the 36th parallel

What is the Missouri Compromise?

100

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?

200
At the end of this event caused by the death of newly elected governor, Eugene Talmadge, the GA Supreme Court had to step in to rule that Melvin Thompson would become the rightful governor until a special election could be held.

What is the 1946 Governor's Race or the Three Governors Controversy?

200

Georgia's biggest contribution to WWI

What were military training camps?

200

The first direct tax on the colonies It was a tax on all paper products (books, playing cards, and newspapers)

What is the Stamp Act?

200
California entered as free state Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C. The South got the Fugitive Slave Act
What is the Compromise of 1850?
200
FDR brought this company to Marietta, GA It provided jobs and money to the community They produced the B-29 Bomber
What is Bell Aircraft?
300
Declared the Cherokee were a separate nation and did not have to follow Georgia's rules Chief Justice was John Marshall President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce it
What is Worcester vs. Georgia?
300
The sinking of this ship in 1916 angered President Woodrow Wilson
What is the Lusitania?
300

Passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party Soldiers could be quartered or housed by the colonists Boston Harbor was closed until the tea was paid for No public meetings

What are the Intolerable Acts?

300
Two states could vote on how they would enter the Union: Free State or Slave State This concept is called Popular Sovereignty This turned into a "bleeding" mess
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
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?
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Declared that segregation was legal Stated that the races could be separated as long as there were equal facilities for both
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
400

This was the final straw that led the U.S. to declare war on Germany and enter WWI Germany promised to give back the SW United States to Mexico if they attacked the US

What is the Zimmermann Telegram?

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The document written by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia Declared the colonies would be free of the king Signed by Hall, Gwinnett, and Walton from Georgia
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400

Since the Compromise of 1850 was so unpopular with the south, Henry Clay begged his Georgia friends to help him pass it Georgia signed this statement supporting the Compromise of 1850. It stopped the Civil War from starting in 1850

What is the Georgia Platform?

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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?
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Stated that a Missouri man was not free, even though a lower court had set him free Stated that this man was property and had no right to sue
What is the Dred Scott case?
500

This event brought post-WWI celebrations and the roaring 20s to a halt and ushered in the Great Depression. 

What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

500

The document that split up land won from the French in the French and Indian War 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?

500

The word means to choose to ignore a federal law

What is nullification?

500

The work of this senator and this representative allowed many military bases to be built in Georgia which significantly impacted the economy there.

Who is Richard Russell and Carl Vinson?