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Chapter 24 Constitutional Gov't
Chapter 12 A Nation Comes Apart
Chapter 11 People in Antebellum Georgia
Chapter 6 Founding of Georgia
Chapter 2 Land of Georgia
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A legal document that authorizes a state or national gov't to exist.
What is the constitution?
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Putting the interests of a particular section or region above those of the nation.
What is sectionalism?
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It removed the seeds from the cotton fiber.
What did the cotton gin do?
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The person who is considered the founder of Georgia.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
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It is Georgia's oldest city.
What is Athens, GA?
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It is the branch of gov't that carries out and enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch of gov't?
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Dependent on one another for various needs.
What does interdependent mean?
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He was the first doctor to successfully use ether as an anesthetic.
Who was Joel C. Harris?
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He was the chief of the Yamacraws.
Who is Tomochichi?
200
The geographic region with the highest elevation in Georgia.
What is the Blue Ridge region?
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The national gov't shares powers with state gov't?
What is federalism?
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It means to withdraw from the union.
What is secession?
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The first asylum for the insane was made there.
What was made in Milledgeville?
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The city where the battle of the Bloody Marsh took place.
What is Savannah?
300
It means to travel back and forth to a city to shop or work.
What is commute?
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Each branch of gov't can curb the power of the other two branches
What are checks and balances?
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She was a conductor for the Underground Railroad
Who was Harriet Tubman?
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He invented the cotton gin.
Who was Eli Whitney?
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He helped Oglethorpe get permission from the king to establish the Georgia colony.
Who was John Percival?
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This forms a wall blocking ocean waves and winds.
What are the Barrier Islands?
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The power is shared by different branches of gov't
What are separation of powers?
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He was a noted writer and lecturer. He spoke out against slavery and the death penalty and supported equal rights for woman and Native Americans.
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
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Long fibers producing high quality cloth.
What is sea island cotton?
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A plan for distributing Indian land.
What is the headright system?
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It is a dividing line between slave and free states.
What is the Mason-Dixon line?