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Chapter 7 SS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Southern Appalachia | Where did the Cherokee live? |
| Consensus | All Cherokee adults reached a ---- on important decisions. |
| They had to move west and start farming. | When Europeans arrived, what changed for Cherokee? |
| Constitution | The Cherokee wrote a ---- similar to the US |
| Gold was found on their land. Trail of Tears. | What forced Cherokee to move to Oklahoma. What was the journey called? |
| Juan Ponce de León | Claimed land in the south east now called Florida for Spain looking for fountain of youth |
| Robert La Salle | Claimed Mississippi river valley for France called Louisiana named after King Louis XIV |
| St. Augustine | 1565 First European settlement. Still in Florida. |
| Jamestown | First successful British Colony |
| The southeast | Many presidents were born here, like Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and Madison. |
| Daniel Boone | Famous pioneer who explored Kentucky |
| Davy Crockett | Famous backwoods an who became a congressman for Tennesee. |
| Disagreements over state rights and slavery between North and South states. It lasted 4 years. | What led to Civil war? How long did it last? |
| Union | Northern states that felt slavery was wrong and government should have power |
| Confederacy | Southern states felt that salves were ok and state should gave power over citizens. |
| Abraham Lincoln | Who was president for Civil War |
| Seceded - or pulled out of the US to form Confederate States of America | 11 southern states did what during civil war? |
| Reconstruction period | Time when South builds railroads, replenished fields and gave civil rights. |
| 13th Amendment | Made slavery illegal |
| Segregation Jim Crow laws | Separating blacks from whites Which laws? |
| Civil Rights Acts of 1964 | Made segregation illegal |
| Dahlonega, Georgia | Where was first Gold Rush in US in 1828? |
| MARTA | Public transportation system in Atlanta, Georgia |
| Medicine, banking, and communication | People move to Atlanta, GA to get jobs in |
| Triangle Region | The cities Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill in North Carolina are called the |
| Railroads | What helped city of Atlanta to grow? |
| George Washington | Who encouraged he Cherokee to stop hunting and focus more on farming? |
| Sequoyah | Who made up the Cherokee alphabet? |
| Qualla Boundary | Many Cherokee today live on a reservation in North Carolina called |
| Hernando de Soto | Spanish explorer looking for gold he explored many Southeastern states |
| Lost Colony | Roanoke Island in North Carolina John White discovered and went to England for supplies. When he came back, the colony was gone. |
| Thomas Jefferson | The author of the Declaration of Independence has a home in Virginia called Monticello |
| James Madison | 4th President called Father of Constitution also from Virginia |
| Andrew Jackson | President from South Carolina born into poverty supported by working people |
| Pioneer | A person who settled in a part of a country and prepared it for others |
| Backwoods man | A person who lived in forests away from towns |
| Plantation | Large farms in Southeast with rice cotton and tobacco |
| Civil Rights | Right to vote and to have protection of the law is called |
| Public transportation system | A system of trains and buses that carry people through a city |
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CameronW
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