GA Studies: Georgia Milestones Questions
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W.E.B. DuBois Believed African Americans should pursue education and form
organizations to fight
against discrimination and segregation; helped found NAACP
Alexander Stephens General Sherman's destructive path from
Atlanta to Savannah; destroyed everything along
the way and captured Savannah
March to the Sea Georgia congressman who called for the south to remain loyal to the
Union and voted against secession
Alexander McGillivray Creek Chief, who signed the Treaty of New York in 1790, which
ended the Oconee War and gave all Creek land east of the Oconee River to the state of Georgia.
Lester Maddox Became GA's governor in 1967; had previously shut down his restaurant
to avoid integration; once governor, appointed more African Americans to
positions than all previous governors combined; established People's Days so that people could
visit and have discussions with the governor
Sibley Commission 14 member committee that studied the problem of
integration after Brown v. Board of Education; discovered most Georgians would rather close
and Answers| 100% Solved
W.E.B. DuBois Believed African Americans should pursue education and form
organizations to fight
against discrimination and segregation; helped found NAACP
Alexander Stephens General Sherman's destructive path from
Atlanta to Savannah; destroyed everything along
the way and captured Savannah
March to the Sea Georgia congressman who called for the south to remain loyal to the
Union and voted against secession
Alexander McGillivray Creek Chief, who signed the Treaty of New York in 1790, which
ended the Oconee War and gave all Creek land east of the Oconee River to the state of Georgia.
Lester Maddox Became GA's governor in 1967; had previously shut down his restaurant
to avoid integration; once governor, appointed more African Americans to
positions than all previous governors combined; established People's Days so that people could
visit and have discussions with the governor
Sibley Commission 14 member committee that studied the problem of
integration after Brown v. Board of Education; discovered most Georgians would rather close
