Unit 4 and 5 Chapter 11,12 Vocabulary Words and GMAS Questions.

belonging to a period before a war

• antebellum

• cotton gin

• plant

• abolition

a machine that separates the seeds from raw fibers

• antebellum

• cotton gin

• plant

• abolition

put or set seeds or seedlings into the ground

• plant

• abolition

• abolitionist

• emancipate

a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery

• abolition

• abolitionist

• nullification

• sectionalism

free from slavery or servitude

• cession

• emancipate

• interdependent

• tariff

a writing system whose characters represent syllables

• faction

• syllabary

• massacre

• territory

the savage and excessive killing of many people

• sovereign

• faction

• territory

• massacre

excessive devotion to the interests of a particular region

• territory

• sovereign

• sectionalism

• tariff

mutually reliant

• abolition

• interdependent

• abolitionist

• emancipate

Which offers the BEST explanation for Georgia's relocation of its capital from Augusta to Louisville in 1796?

• The General Assembly wanted to move the capital as far away from Spanish-controlled Florida as possible.

• Augusta had been destroyed from attacks by the Creek Indians.

• The capital needed to be more centrally located within the population of the state.

• Louisville was more convenient as a transportation center because it was a railroad hub.