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- 4. Argument that a state could do as it pleased if there was not an attempt to stop them.
- 5. A track or can be a set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.
- 9. The name of the forced March of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma.
- 12. Georgia's capital city, named for the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
- 13. Who was famous for his wide spread case where he sued for his freedom and rights as a slave.
- 15. A document to get the south to surrender by January 1st, and if that did they could keep there slaves.
- 17. A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution.
- 18. A man who was elected president in 1861 and wrote the emancipation proclamation.
- 19. A system for distributing land ownership or occupancy rights randomly, often through drawing names or numbers from drums.
- 20. That gave 50 acres of land to anyone who paid for a new settler's passage to America.
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- 1. A foundational document establishing the federal government's structure.
- 2. Civil War battle was fought in Georgia from September 18-20, and resulted in a Confederate victory and a higher number of deaths.
- 3. An American colonist who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution.
- 6. A machine that efficiently separates the cotton fibers from their seeds and all of the other debris.
- 7. A military/economic strategy to block off the ports in the south/ and stop the shipping and reduce confidential trade.
- 8. A man who was the commanding officer of Andersonville Prison in Georgia, who was executed by the government for violating laws.
- 10. The state of being a slave.
- 11. Confederate prison camp in Georgia during the Civil War, known for horrific overcrowding, starvation, disease.
- 14. Articles of Confederation gave states too much power and were taken back by the constitution from the civil war arguments from states rights and federal laws.
- 16. What is the abbreviation of the first public university in Georgia.