Events of Georgia

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  1. 2. A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in North
  2. 5. The primary objective was to desegregate the entire city, instead of one thing at a time (this is why it failed)
  3. 9. William McIntosh gave the remainder of Creek Land to Georgia; McIntosh was killed for this action
  4. 10. the withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states in the period 1860-61, which brought on the Civil War.
  5. 11. Both the Senate & House MUST agree on identical bills for anything to pass.
  6. 13. series of events held in Atlanta to showcase Atlanta's recovery from the Civil War and to encourage investment in Southern businesses
  7. 20. document outlining the 3 reasons for Georgia's founding - defense, philanthropy, WRIST crops
  8. 21. Led to increase in population of Atlanta and improvements to city's infrastructure
  9. 25. Two of these devastating disaster hit Georgia farmers in the 1920s, which led to an early depression in Georgia
  10. 26. a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized segregation so long as the "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were "equal"
  11. 28. President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the Great Depression
  12. 31. 1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education. Overturned Plessy v Ferguson
  13. 34. forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French & Indian War
  14. 35. After this event, segregation in Atlanta became more strict in order to prevent future outbreaks of violence
  15. 36. A man in Atlanta was convicted of murder and sentenced to the death penalty unfairly due to his Jewish heritage.
  16. 37. law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration
  17. 38. first direct tax placed on colonists, which led to the creation of the Liberty Boys in Georgia
  18. 39. Georgia built Liberty Ships and opened the Bell Bomber Plant during this event
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  1. 1. banned discrimination in businesses open to the public and employment for all people in the United States
  2. 3. when a public official is charged with misconduct while in office
  3. 4. held in 1963 to show support for the Civil Rights Bill in Congress. Where Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream..."
  4. 6. movement in the United States that aimed to end segregation and secure voting rights for African Americans
  5. 7. Alexander Stephens from GA did NOT want GA to leave the Union. Tried to get GA to stay in the Union.
  6. 8. the transition from the Trustee Colony to this led to changes in rules about slavery, liquor, and land ownership
  7. 12. position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850.
  8. 14. California admitted as a free state; South got the Fugitive Slave Act in return; prolonged the start of Civil War
  9. 15. October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression.
  10. 16. ruled that Georgia could not enforce American laws on Indian tribes
  11. 17. this event led to the British taxing the colonists; it led to the expansion of Georgia's borders
  12. 18. the final "cause" that led to the beginning of the Civil War; a win for Abraham Lincoln
  13. 19. Georgia had more bases than any other states and Georgia civilians grew Victory Gardens
  14. 22. Issued by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War; declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
  15. 23. Argument between South Carolina and the federal government that foreshadowed Civil War; the South felt tariffs were unfair and refused to pay them
  16. 24. Project to expand Savannah's Port and Harbor; positive impact on economy includes job opportunities and more tax revenue
  17. 27. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property
  18. 29. the forced removal of Cherokees and their migration to the Oklahoma territory
  19. 30. the economic crisis during the 1930s that was caused by bank failures, underconsumption, and unemployment
  20. 32. Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
  21. 33. Georgia's cotton industry never recovered from this pest, who came to Georgia just "lookin' for a home"