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SS8H4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"_________ ___________ has made his decision. Now let him enforce it!"

-Andrew Jackson


Who's name should be in the blank space of the quote?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

John Marshall

c)

William Marbury

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

The technological advancement of the Railroad spurred the development of what capital city?

a)

Marietta

b)

Savannah

c)

Louisville

d)

Atlanta/Terminus

3.

Legislators were bribed to sell 40,000,000 acres of land for $500,000

Consisted of present-day Alabama and Mississippi

Results were many legislator were voted out of office and the US Government bought out the land companies for $1.25 million

The Western Boarder was moved from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River

a)

Land Lottery Fraud of 1833

b)

Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795

c)

Headright System

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

4.

Which of the following was the MOST influential in creation of Georgia's major towns and cities between 1820-1850?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Planning of Suburbs

c)

Building New Ports

d)

Construction of Railroads

5.

There were two land lotteries that gave away land that was not under the jurisdiction of the US or Georgia. Who's lands were they giving away?

a)

Creek and Cherokee

b)

French and British

c)

German and Georgian

d)

Seminole and Yazoo

6.

The headright system was replaced with the Yazoo Land Act and eventually the Land Lotteries for what reason?

a)

Cost of the Headright was so hight

b)

Corruption associated with the headright system

c)

Out rage because they were giving away lands that were Creek and Cherokee

d)

Need for a faster and more efficient way of land distribution

7.

Savannah

Augusta

Louisville

Milledgeville

Atlanta

a)

Revolutionary War Battles

b)

Location of UGA campuses

c)

Colonial Capitals

d)

Capitals of Georgia

8.

Why was the cotton gin important?

a)

It made cotton easier to pick

b)

Inadvertently led to the spread of slavery

c)

Cause people to stop needing cotton so much

d)

Northern farmers were now more dependent on cotton more than ever

9.

The RED line shows what major Native American event?

a)

Battle of Little Big Horn

b)

General Custer's March to Washington

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

The Mississippi River

10.

What was Georgia's capital before Atlanta was founded as out capital?


SALMA

a)

Louisville

b)

Savannah

c)

Milledgeville

d)

Augusta

11.

Which BEST describes the impact the cotton gin had on the south for many year leading up to the Civil War?

a)

Northern states provided the slave labor for the cotton plantations

b)

The southern states developed rigid social structures and huge plantation systems

c)

The cotton gin reduced the south's dependency on Cotton

d)

The cotton gin increased cotton production and in turn increased manufacturing centers in the south east

12.

How was the Native American attack threat the same during the Constitutional Convention Era of 1787 and now in the late-1700's- mid-1800's?

a)

Georgia supported the creation and implementation of a strong national government due to fear of the Native Americans attacking them and protection from them on the new frontier land

b)

Did not want a strong government because of fear of a tyrannical president/leader like King George III

c)

They had a strong militia force then and wanted a strong militia force to fend off the Native by themselves

13.

Which Supreme Court decision denied GA/US the right to do what they wanted on tribal lands and was not enforced by President Andrew Jackson?

a)

Brown v. BOE of Topeka

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

14.

Why is the trek that the Cherokee had to take from Georgia to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears?

a)

Many Cherokee died along the journey (Men, Women, and Children

b)

There were many battles along the way

c)

The Cherokee were forced to live on reservations

d)

The creek were no longer an independent nation

15.

Which of the following is a NEGATIVE impact of the cotton gin?

a)

Slavery Expanded because of the increased demand on the crop

b)

Many more countries wanted the cotton for clothes making

c)

From 1799-1859 the amount of cotton bales produced increased by 100,000 bales a year

d)

Many people were building similar products , copyright/trademark was not widely used or implemented at this time

16.

The Trail of Tears happened about 2 decades before the civil war, which began in 1860. When did the Trail of tears happen?

a)

1800

b)

1890

c)

1832

d)

1855

17.

What was one effect of the Yazoo Land Act/Fraud?

a)

Those responsible were voted out of office

b)

GA's government collapsed entirely

c)

Middle-class citizens increased in number

d)

GA gained more territory

18.

Which of the following has not been a capital for GA?

a)

Augusta

b)

Macon

c)

Dublin

d)

Milledgeville

19.

Why was Chief William McIntosh killed?

a)

Signed the Treaty of Indian Springs without the creek nations concent

b)

A fellow Native had a grudge against him

c)

He caught Yellow Fever from his wife

d)

The US government killed him for the violations against the Treaty of Indian Springs

20.

Which Native American Nation was William McIntosh Chief over?

a)

Creek

b)

Seminole

c)

Standing Bull

d)

Yamacraw

21.

Heads of Families received 200 acres of land

50 additional acres of land per family member

Owned Slaves received more land\

Veterans were prioritized

Capped at 1000 acres

a)

Land Lotteries

b)

Yazoo Land Fraud

c)

Headright system

22.

What was Atlanta's original name?

a)

Terminus

b)

Marthasville

c)

Douglasville

d)

Wilmington

23.

Which Supreme Court justice handed down the ruling in the Worcester v. Georgia court case?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Lyman Hall

d)

John Marshall

24.

Railroads spurred the settlement of what town?

a)

Terminus

b)

Atlanta

c)

Marthasville

d)

Louisvile

25.

The Railroad and Cotton Gin developments were similar in that they....?

a)

Decreased slave populations in the south

b)

Industrialized the South

c)

Led to major Sectionalism in Georgia up until 1860

d)

Major Factor in the economic prosperity that characterized the antebellum era Georgia