Okefenokee Swamp

1. N Savannah River W E Fall Line Chattahoochee River S Fast Facts Appalachian Plateau is TAG corner Ridge and Valley is home to Dalton GA- Carpet Capital of the world Blue Ridge Region is home to the highest point in Georgia- Brasstown Bald Piedmont is home to the capital of Georgia- Atlanta and is the region with the most population Coastal Plain is divided in to 2 parts. The Inner Coastal Plain and the Outer Coastal Plain. The inner Coastal Plain is where most of Georgia’s farming takes place! Home to the barrier islands. FASTN- The acronym for the 5 states that border GEORGIA. Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina Okefenokee Swamp Barrier Islands

2. Where is GA? South eastern portion of the United States • What continent are we on? North American • What hemispheres is the U.S. in? North Western

3. Know the name and Location of each region

4. Prehistoric Indians

7. Battle of Kettle Creek

9. Events that led to the CIVIL WAR: • States Rights-States’ Rights is the belief that states should be in charge of themselves. That is what the South wanted. They felt like the North didn’t know or understand the South, so the Federal government shouldn’t make decisions for the whole country. • Slavery- being “owned” by someone else • Nullification- to declare invalid; if they didn’t think that a law made followed the constitution they could not obey it; • Missouri Compromise-In the year 1820 Maine entered the Union as a free state and Missouri entered as a slave state. They were added to keep the balance between the free states and the slave states-11 each. The country had made a decision that slavery was not prohibited north of 36º 20´N which are the degrees of the southern border of Missouri. • Compromise of 1850--The Compromise of 1850 was a series of 5 bills that were intended to stop conflicts. The Fugitive Slave Act was established. This act states that Federal officers were required to return runaway slaves. • Georgia Platform- became to support the Compromise of 1850 even if they didn’t like it in order to stay in the Union; talked into it by Cobb, Stephens, Toombs. • Kansas- Nebraska Act- Kansas and Nebraska were to chose what they wanted to be; went against Missouri Compromise; people moved there and started fighting to try and win vote • Dred Scott-Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri and his owner decided to move to Illinois, then to Wisconsin, and then back to Missouri. In 1857, he went to the Supreme Court hoping that they could grant his freedom. It turns out that the Court had said that blacks were not and will never be citizens of America , and that Scott was not allowed to file a lawsuit. Court also ruled that Congress could not stop slavery in the territories. This case separated the North and South even more. • Election of 1860-Thiselection separated the country so much. It was pretty much whoever you were voting for, determined if there was going to be slavery or not. The 2 main candidates were Lincoln and Breckinridge. Lincoln was against slavery and Breckinridge was for slavery. Bell and Douglas were not as popular as Lincoln and Breckinridge. Not many states cared about them. But guess what? Because the major political party, the Democrats, had split up because of differences of opinion, they split up and more than half formed the new political party of the Republicans. Which led to nominating Lincoln to run for president, which led to him winning the election. What really amazes people is the fact that his name was not on single ballad down south and he still won the election. That means he had no help from the South at all.

13. Modern Georgia 1940’s to Present

14. Qualifications for office Executive Branch Legislative Branch.. General Assembly

15. How a BILL becomes a LAW • Governor has 3 choices: • Sign it • Sit on it • Veto it VETO-….The General Assembly can undo the veto by voting again, and if 2/3 or more of the Assembly vote the bill into law, the veto is undone, and it becomes a state law anyway Full Senate Full House of Representatives House of Representatives COMMITTEE Senate COMMITTEE Bill submitted by citizen A bill is written and given to either the clerk in the House, or the Secretary In the Senate. It can go to either CHAMBER EXCEPT IF IT IS A APPROPRIATION/MONEY BILL.. Those must begin in the HOUSE

16. Judicial Branch(Court… Judges…) Supreme Court 7 justices Appellate Courts- These 2 courts only review court case decision s made by lower courts.. Court of Appeals 12 judges Superior Court 188 judges State Court Juvenile Court Probate Court Magistrate Court

17. Juvenile Justice System 3rd step is formal hearing; complaining witness files a petition stating the wrongdoing 1st step is intake; intake officer investigates and if there is not enough evidence, the juvenile must be released. If there is enough for charges, juvenile may be released to parents, or detained to YDC. 2nd step is detention; if juvenile is detained a probable cause hearing is had within 72 hours. Judge has 3 options; dismiss case, informal adjustment; formal hearing The 2nd part of the formal hearing is the dispositional hearing. This is the stage where the judge hands down the punishment for the offense. The 1st part of the formal hearing is the adjudicatory hearing. This is like a trial, where the judge hears the case against the juvenile and decides whether or not the child is guilty. 4th step in juvenile process is sentencing; judge may release to parents, give probation, send to YDC, send to boot camp, give fines, suspend licence, etc. Last step in juvenile process is the right to appeal his/her case if they believe they did not commit the crime, or if they feel their rights were violated during the trial procedure. Courts may have juvenile under supervision for up to 5 years.

18. Juvenile Justice System Unruly Child- breaks a kid law (curfew, smoking, drinking) Delinquent Child- breaks an adult law (murder, robbery) Civil Law- Cases that do not involve laws being broken(divorces..Wills..) Criminal Law- Cases involving people that have broken the law.