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GA Hist-Legal
Students match the legal term, policy, or decision with description
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Worcester v. Georgia | 1832 case that recognized the sovereignty of American Indians and their land, but which was not enforced by President Jackson |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | 1857 case that ruled slaves were not citizens and that Congress had no authority to regulate slavery in the territories |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 case that established "separate by equal" |
| Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 case that overturned "separate by equal" |
| Stamp Act | act of the British Parliament taxing printed goods in the American colonies ahead of the Revolutionary War |
| Proclamation of 1763 | act of the British Parliament which forbade Georgians from settling west of the Mississippi River in order to avoid conflict with the Creek Indians |
| Lend-Lease Act | allowed the U.S. to support its allies in Britain and the USSR in WWII without entering combat directly |
| Bill of Rights | Amendments 1-10 in the U.S. Constitution |
| Compromise of 1850 | created the Fugitive Slave Act, ended the slave trade in D.C, and allowed California to enter the Union as a free state |
| Civil Rights Act | ended racial segregation and employment discrimination; signed into law by President Johnson |
| Charter of 1732 | established the Georgia colony |
| Indian Removal Act | forced the relocation of the Creek, Cherokee, et al to reservations west of the Mississippi River; signed into law by President Jackson |
| 15th Amendment | granted black men the right to vote |
| 19th Amendment | granted women the right to vote |
| New Deal | legislation supported by FDR during the Great Depression |
| white primary | limited African-Americans from having input in the selection of political candidates; rules unconstitutional in 1944 |
| Congressional Reconstruction Plan | more aggressive post-Civil War plan permitting former Confederate States to rejoin the Union if they ratified the 14th Amendment |
| Georgia Platform | political position supporting the Compromise of 1850 |
| 14th Amendment | provided equal protection under the law |
| Jim Crow | racial segregation laws in the Deep South |
| Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan | reconciliatory post-Civil War plan permitting former Confederate States to rejoin the Union if they ratified the 13th Amendment |
| U.S. Constitution | the "law of the land" |
| Declaration of Independence | the American colonies' official secession statement to Britain |
| Articles of Confederation | the first written "constitution of the American colonies after the Revolutionary War |
| 13th Amendment | banned slavery in the U.S. |
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