Georgia Studies Review

ž½ the state’s population lives in this region?

ž1st African American mayor of Atlanta

žMayor has authority to make all decisions on a daily basis.

žWho is responsible for creating the Cherokee written language?

žThis unfair system provided landowners a way to get cheap labor by sharing their crops?

žTranslator between James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi

žFirst Female US Senator from Georgia

žMission to destroy the railroad system of the Confederate Army?

žVice President of SCLC and US Ambassador

žWhat are the two main rivers in the state of Georgia?

žWhat Revolutionary General led the Battle of Kettle Creek victory?

žA major company that helped Georgia's economy during World War II by building B-29 Bombers?

žTo convert Native Americans into Catholics

žWhat is the beginning of the Constitution called?

žAlexander McGilvilary and William McIntosh were both leaders of what Native American tribe?

žWhat year was Georgia’s constitution signed?

Four types of taxes

žTwo Georgia representatives that helped the US during World War 2?

What Trustee Period settlers wanted slavery, land and rum?

ž17 or under in the state of Georgia?

žTwo churches that spread throughout Georgia

žApart of the local government but does not receive tax revenue only fees?

žGeorgia’s hemisphere

žOnly United States President born in Georgia?

žWho is the founder of Georgia?

This War led to the American Revolutionary War?

ž1996 World Event hosted in Atlanta

Who is the leader of the State Senate?

žOnly Negro to speak at the International Cotton Exposition.

žThe Georgia voting system where rural counties had more power than urban counties?

žWhere in Georgia did President FDR go to treat his polio condition?

žWhat amendment stated all men have the right to vote?

žWho was the first explorer to travel Georgia?

žThe selling of 35 million acres of government land to four companies was called?

žWhich mayor brought the airport to Atlanta?

žThree reason for Georgia charter?

žTime period after the Civil War

žWhat branch of government was considered weak in the Articles of Confederation?

žWhich branch is responsible for making laws

žRacist governor who won solely by the unit county system and segregated Georgia schools?

žThis program was started by President FDR to help the United States out the Great Depression?

žWhat was the first chartered land grant college?

žThis agency focused on educating, clothing, and providing jobs to former slaves?

žJoseph Brown, Alfred Colquitt, and John Gordon are apart of what political agenda?

žSupreme Court case that allowed “Separate but Equal” (segregation)