Georgia Milestones SS8 Review Famous Places
in Georgia Questions and Answers
Appalachian Chains Mountain range extending into north Georgia
Atlanta Georgia's current capital, razed to the ground by General William T. Sherman
during the Civil War
Kettle Creek Site of the only successful Revolutionary War battle fought in Georgia
Dahlonega Cherokee site in North Georgia where gold was discovered in 1829
Savannah River in eastern Georgia which forms the state's border with South Carolina;
also Georgia's first planned city and capital, besieged during the American Revolution and
blockaded during the Civil War
Fall Line Where the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions meet
Coastal Plain Largest of Georgia's physiographic regions, located in the southern half of
the state
Louisville Georgia's third capital
Marietta Site of Leo Frank's lynching, and location of the Bell Bomber Plant which built B-
29s during WWII
Yazoo Disputed land in what would later become the states of Alabama and Mississippi
in Georgia Questions and Answers
Appalachian Chains Mountain range extending into north Georgia
Atlanta Georgia's current capital, razed to the ground by General William T. Sherman
during the Civil War
Kettle Creek Site of the only successful Revolutionary War battle fought in Georgia
Dahlonega Cherokee site in North Georgia where gold was discovered in 1829
Savannah River in eastern Georgia which forms the state's border with South Carolina;
also Georgia's first planned city and capital, besieged during the American Revolution and
blockaded during the Civil War
Fall Line Where the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions meet
Coastal Plain Largest of Georgia's physiographic regions, located in the southern half of
the state
Louisville Georgia's third capital
Marietta Site of Leo Frank's lynching, and location of the Bell Bomber Plant which built B-
29s during WWII
Yazoo Disputed land in what would later become the states of Alabama and Mississippi
