Geography
This is the smallest region in Georgia located in the northwest corner, agriculture is limited, Lookout Mountain can be found here, and the mining of coal was once important?
Appalachian Platea.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
The founder of Georgia.
Which amendment allowed all men the right to vote no matter their race or color?
15th.
These laws were set up to encourage racial segragation?
Jim Crow Laws.
Who were Patriots/Whigs?
American colonists who rejected British rule.
Most physical feature is a wildlife refuge, it is home to a variety of animal species, and is the largest wetland in America?
Okefenokee Swamp.
These people were known as great fighters, settled in the town of Darien and helped the British win the Battle at Bloody Marsh?
Highland Scots.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th.
Joseph brown, Alfred Colquitt, and John Gordon were important politicians in Georgia between 1870-1890. What were they known as?
The Bourbon Redeemers.
Who were the Loyalists/Tories?
American colonists who remained dedicated to the British Crown and the United Kingdom.
This physical feature has running water that is used to protect the mainland of Georgia erosion and tropical storms?
Barrier Islands.
Who was the person that was responsible for translating and negotiating fair trades between the Yamacraw and James Oglethorpe?
Mary Musgrove.
Which amendment granted citizenship to African Americans?
14th.
The Leo Frank case involved a 13-year-old little girl who was murdered. What was her name?
Mary Phagan.
What was the Stamp Act?
A purchased Stamp on all paper goods-newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
Name the 5 regions of Georgia?
Coastal Plains, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and ridge, Appalachian Plateau.
In Georgia, what are the W.R.I.S.T crops that made the colony money?
Wine, Rice, Indigo, Silk, Tobacco.
To withdraw or leave from a country?
Secede.
Name one thing that was created to keep African Americans from voting in the South?
The Voting Rights Act.
Why was the Siege of Savannah a big deal?
Its failure allowed Great Britain to fully commit the Southern Strategy.
Name the 5 states that physically touch Georgia's border?
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina.
This period of Georgia history had a court system to solve colonist disputes, white landowners could vote, and a place where laws were made for the 8 parishes?
Colonial Period.
This organization helped former slaves and poor whites by providing medicine, food, clothing, schools, and legal services?
The Freedmen's Bureau.
The county unit system benefited which rural group of people?
White, Rural Residents and Agricultural Communities.
This person was 6-foot red headed woman that was believed to be a patriot spy that captured loyalists?
Nancy Hart.