Georgia History Events

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Across
  1. 2. The forced removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma.
  2. 6. The site of the largest Civil War battle fought in Georgia.
  3. 12. The 1829 event in Dahlonega that was the first major find in the U.S.
  4. 13. The 20-year period when Georgia was ruled by 21 men.
  5. 16. An early Georgia land system that gave land to heads of households.
  6. 18. Fairs held in Atlanta to show off the "New South" to investors.
  7. 19. The 1917 disaster that destroyed over 3,000 buildings in the capital.
  8. 22. Georgia became the 4th state to sign the U.S. Constitution in 1788.
  9. 24. The city that served as Georgia's third capital.
  10. 25. FDR’s series of programs that brought electricity and jobs to rural GA.
Down
  1. 1. General Sherman’s 1864 path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah.
  2. 3. The city that served as Georgia's capital during the Civil War.
  3. 4. The era of rebuilding and rejoining the Union after the Civil War.
  4. 5. The global economic collapse that hit Georgia farmers especially
  5. 7. The mid-20th century movement to end racial segregation in the South.
  6. 8. The war where Georgia colonists fought for independence from Britain.
  7. 9. The major international sporting event hosted by Atlanta in 1996.
  8. 10. The global conflict where GA built B-29 bombers at the Bell Bomber plant.
  9. 11. The first city and capital established in the Georgia colony.
  10. 14. The 1742 battle where British forces stopped a Spanish invasion.
  11. 15. The 1732 document that officially started the Georgia colony.
  12. 17. The small insect that destroyed Georgia’s cotton crops in the 1920s.
  13. 20. A notorious Confederate prison camp for Union soldiers.
  14. 21. When Georgia officially left the Union in 1861 to join the Confederacy.
  15. 23. A major 1795 scandal involving the illegal sale of Georgia's western land.