Across
- 4. Movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. Georgia colony was founded in this year
- 10. Georgia’s state bird
- 12. Founder of Georgia colony
- 13. Georgia’s royal charter came from King ___
- 14. The war Georgia joined as part of the Confederacy
- 16. Event where settlers took Cherokee land
- 19. Amendment ending slavery
- 21. Famous trail of Cherokee removal
- 22. Precious metal discovered in Georgia in 1828
- 23. Georgia became the ___ state in 1788
Down
- 1. Georgia’s nickname: Empire State of the ___
- 2. Event when Georgia left the Union
- 3. Civil rights leader born in Atlanta (initials)
- 5. The city that became Georgia’s first capital
- 6. Georgia was originally created as a ___ colony
- 7. Law forcing Cherokee removal
- 8. Native American group removed from Georgia
- 9. Georgia’s state crop
- 11. General Sherman’s march reached this Georgia city
- 15. Georgia’s capital city today
- 17. Period after the Civil War
- 18. Historic city tied to voting rights struggle
- 20. The battle that ended British control in Georgia Georgia seceded from the Union in this year
