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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
"_________ ___________ has made his decision. Now let him enforce it!"
-Andrew Jackson
Who's name should be in the blank space of the quote?
John Quincy Adams
John Marshall
William Marbury
Thomas Jefferson
The technological advancement of the Railroad spurred the development of what capital city?
Marietta
Savannah
Louisville
Atlanta/Terminus
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
Land Lottery Fraud of 1833
Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795
Headright System
Worcester v. Georgia
Which of the following was the MOST influential in creation of Georgia's major towns and cities between 1820-1850?
Cotton Gin
Planning of Suburbs
Building New Ports
Construction of Railroads
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?
Creek and Cherokee
French and British
German and Georgian
Seminole and Yazoo
The headright system was replaced with the Yazoo Land Act and eventually the Land Lotteries for what reason?
Cost of the Headright was so hight
Corruption associated with the headright system
Out rage because they were giving away lands that were Creek and Cherokee
Need for a faster and more efficient way of land distribution
Savannah
Augusta
Louisville
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Revolutionary War Battles
Location of UGA campuses
Colonial Capitals
Capitals of Georgia
Why was the cotton gin important?
It made cotton easier to pick
Inadvertently led to the spread of slavery
Cause people to stop needing cotton so much
Northern farmers were now more dependent on cotton more than ever
The RED line shows what major Native American event?
Battle of Little Big Horn
General Custer's March to Washington
Trail of Tears
The Mississippi River
What was Georgia's capital before Atlanta was founded as out capital?
SALMA
Louisville
Savannah
Milledgeville
Augusta
Which BEST describes the impact the cotton gin had on the south for many year leading up to the Civil War?
Northern states provided the slave labor for the cotton plantations
The southern states developed rigid social structures and huge plantation systems
The cotton gin reduced the south's dependency on Cotton
The cotton gin increased cotton production and in turn increased manufacturing centers in the south east
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?
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
Did not want a strong government because of fear of a tyrannical president/leader like King George III
They had a strong militia force then and wanted a strong militia force to fend off the Native by themselves
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?
Brown v. BOE of Topeka
Plessy v. Ferguson
Tinker v. Des Moines
Worcester v. Georgia
Why is the trek that the Cherokee had to take from Georgia to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears?
Many Cherokee died along the journey (Men, Women, and Children
There were many battles along the way
The Cherokee were forced to live on reservations
The creek were no longer an independent nation
Which of the following is a NEGATIVE impact of the cotton gin?
Slavery Expanded because of the increased demand on the crop
Many more countries wanted the cotton for clothes making
From 1799-1859 the amount of cotton bales produced increased by 100,000 bales a year
Many people were building similar products , copyright/trademark was not widely used or implemented at this time
The Trail of Tears happened about 2 decades before the civil war, which began in 1860. When did the Trail of tears happen?
1800
1890
1832
1855
What was one effect of the Yazoo Land Act/Fraud?
Those responsible were voted out of office
GA's government collapsed entirely
Middle-class citizens increased in number
GA gained more territory
Which of the following has not been a capital for GA?
Augusta
Macon
Dublin
Milledgeville
Why was Chief William McIntosh killed?
Signed the Treaty of Indian Springs without the creek nations concent
A fellow Native had a grudge against him
He caught Yellow Fever from his wife
The US government killed him for the violations against the Treaty of Indian Springs
Which Native American Nation was William McIntosh Chief over?
Creek
Seminole
Standing Bull
Yamacraw
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
Land Lotteries
Yazoo Land Fraud
Headright system
What was Atlanta's original name?
Terminus
Marthasville
Douglasville
Wilmington
Which Supreme Court justice handed down the ruling in the Worcester v. Georgia court case?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Lyman Hall
John Marshall
Railroads spurred the settlement of what town?
Terminus
Atlanta
Marthasville
Louisvile
The Railroad and Cotton Gin developments were similar in that they....?
Decreased slave populations in the south
Industrialized the South
Led to major Sectionalism in Georgia up until 1860
Major Factor in the economic prosperity that characterized the antebellum era Georgia
