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What is Cahokia? city on a mound First explorer in Georgia? Hernando de Soto 1540 When did the Flag change in Georgia? 1956 When did the first people come to Georgia? 13,000 years ago What period did settlers first arrive to North America? Paleoindian Period Which did Jefferson NOT do? -Embargo -LA Purchase -Impeaching President Impeaching President Which was NOT a pastime in the antebellum? -Reading newspapers -Playing baseball -Going to the Theater -Seeing a Show Reading Newspapers Where is Edgefield? South Carolina Where was the most damage/most fights in the Civil War? Border States Cheapskate What made the Cheapskate Region so wealthy? Tobacco Who started the Federalists? Hamilton Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 Divided the South into five military districts governed by previous union generals What did most Europeans do in the 1400s? Merchants and Craftsmen What did Great Britain gain from the French and Indian War? GB got Canada Who fought in the French and Indian War? France and Great Britain What is Nullification? a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. What was exchanged to Europe during the Columbian Exchange? Corn Who is Andrew Carnegie? Led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and is identified as one of the richest individuals in history McCulloch v. Maryland: Cheif Justice John Marshall The supreme court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article 1, Section 8 of the constitution to create the Second Bank of the US and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the bank. Presidents at beginning/end of all wars American Revolution - George Washington War of 1812 - James Madison The Mexican-American War - James K. Polk Civil War - Abraham Lincoln The Spanish American War - William McKinley WW1 - Woodrow Wilson WW2 - Roosevelt and Truman Vietnam War - Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon The Persian Gulf War - George H.W. Bush Iraq War - George W. Bush and Obama Female that ran for VP after 1960 Marietta Stow First state of Georgia also contained which states? Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama Why did founders come to the US? Religious freedom What is Silicon Valley known for? Technology, located in South San Francisco, California Book NOT about Georgia Grapes of Wrath Third political party of the late 19th century Populist Party When was Georgia Established? 1732 When was the settlement in Savannah? 1733 How long was Georgia in existence before a governing body was put into place? 20 years Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? board of trustees What were the years of "Trustee Georgia?" What are the 4 things Georgia outlawed when it was founded? Slavery, Rum, Lawyers, and Catholics Who were the signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia? Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton When did Georgia enter the Union? (What # state) Fourth What is the Siege of Savannah? Most serious military confrontation between British and American troops What happened to the capital of Georgia in 1779? Moved from Savannah to Augusta What county was the Battle of Kettle Creek in? Wilkes County When was the ban on slavery lifted? 1752 When did Georgia succeed from the Union? (What # State) Fifth What period did large Indian mound settlements appear in Georgia? Archaic Period Why did Georgia eagerly ratify the constitution? Fear of Indians on its frontier What was antebellum Georgia considered as? Empire state of the south During reconstruction, redeemers in Georgia had to wait until _________ to regain control of the state. 1876 What did the Populist movement create? Unified white and black farmers What happened in Browder v. Gayle? Federal courts sitting in Atlanta overturned a conviction of ministers for trying to integrate bus service in Atlanta Which President harped on the Power of Black Voting? Jimmy Carter Which county in Georgia has mostly been democratic since the Civil War? Fulton County What were Navigation Acts? The colonies could only import goods on ships built in England; expression of mercantilism What is NOT an element of the British reorganization of the empire after the French and Indian War? Albany Plan of Union What was a strong effect of the Revolutionary War on America? Strong central government Who was in charge of the Bank of US and what happened? Hamilton; panic of 1819