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charter of 1732

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signed by King George II; legal document that gave special rights and privileges in the settlement of Georgia; It was granted to a group of 21 trustees.

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Nullification

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the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

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Syllabary

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a writing system whose characters represent syllables

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Andersonville

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The most infamous prison in the south. There was no shelter. There was a huge population, and there were food shortages, overcrowding, and disease that killed about 100 men a day during the summer months.

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Voting Qualifications

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in the new states, basically all white men could vote, and in older states the qualifications lightened up too. as a result, politicians had to appeal to more people of middle and lower classes.

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Disenfranchisent

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Denial of the right to vote

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Sibley Commission

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created by the General Assembly to travel throughout the state to find the feelings of Georgians regarding integration of school

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Albany Movement

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was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, quickly became a broad-front nonviolent attack on every aspect of segregation within the city. Bus stations, libraries, and lunch counters reserved for White Americans were occupied by African Americans, boycotts were launched, and hundreds of protesters marched on City Hall.

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SNCC

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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, college kids participate in Civil Rights, stage sit-ins and such

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Proclamation Of 1763

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A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.

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White Primary

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the practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation

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Carl Vinson

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He is referred to the "Father of the two-ocean Navy." He represented Georgia in the House of Representatives for 25 consecutive years. He helped pass two legislations that helped the military. He is why we have military bases in foreign lands and he used his power to bring war time industries to Georgia during WWII.

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Richard B. Russel

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father of the school lunch program. governor for less than 2 years after Lamartine Hardman died. senator for 38 years. also suppoted the military.

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Emancipation Proclmation

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-1863 by Lincoln -slaves in rebellious states are freed -had little affect as Lincoln not incontrol of those states -1/7th of southern slaves joined union army -turned war into moral battle and ruined chance of negotiating an early peace -increased union army desertion -europe on north side

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County Unit System

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a procedure for political primaries that gave the more populous counties more unit votes; established by the Neill Primary Act

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Spanish Mission

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a group of people sent from Spain to convert the "natives" to Christianity

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Populist Party

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Founded 1891 - called for free coinage of silver and paper money, national income tax, direct election of senators, regulation of railroads, and other government reforms to help farmers

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Missouri Compromise

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an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.

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Freedoms Bureau

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Was directed to feeding and clothing war refugees in the South using surplus army supplies. Beginning in Sep. 1865, it issued nearly 30,000 rations a day for the next year; Helped formerly enslaved people find work on plantations

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Separation Of Powers

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Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law

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Worcester Vs Georgia

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cherokee appealed to supreme court to stop white encroachments into cherokee nation; marshal ruled in indians favor saying that only federal govt could do that and states had no authority over tribes

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Lieutenant Governor

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an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States

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Hemispheres

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Sections of the Earth divided by the Equator and Prime Meridian (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western)

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Battle Of Antietam

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Civil War battle in which the North suceedeed in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties

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Yazzo Land Fraud

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bribed for land; was during Louiville's rain as capital

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15th Amendment

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citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude

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