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CHAPTER 4 REVIEW GAME
Sydney Singleton and Emily Cranney
QUESTION
Events in which Georgians could
“gamble” for land. Winners could purchase acres of land from the
state government.
ANSWER
Land Lotteries
QUESTION
Republican president, elected in 1860. He apposed slavery in the new territories upsetting southern leaders. His election inspired South Carolina, Georgia, and a number of other southern states to succeed from the Union.
ANSWER
Abraham Lincoln
QUESTION
Statement issued by Georgia’s government, when it elected to support the Compromise of 1850. It stated that, while the state supported the compromise, it would not hesitate to resist any effort by congress to outlaw slavery in the new territories.
ANSWER
Georgia Platform
QUESTION
System in which white males considered to be
the heads of families were entitled to purchase a certain amount of land with the understanding that they would settle it within a few months and
make it productive.
ANSWER
Head Right System
QUESTION
Factories that began to open in the south where cotton is used to produce finished
products.
ANSWER
Textile Mills
QUESTION Georgia’s first state university, first
charted, and state-supported university in the nation.
ANSWERUGA
QUESTION Cherokee chief who served as head of
the Cherokee Nation. He served as chief even through the Cherokees march to Oklahoma
ANSWERJohn Ross
QUESTIONThe belief that states have the right to
ignore (nullify) any federal law they believe violates the Constitution.
ANSWERDoctrine of Nullification
QUESTION Episode in which gold was discovered in
parts of Northern Georgia.
ANSWERGold Rush of 1829
QUESTIONPresident of the US at the time of
Worchester vs. Georgia. He supported Indian removal and would not come to the Cherokee’s aid. His unwillingness to help the tribe eventually led to the Trail of Tears.
ANSWERAndrew Jackson
QUESTIONIncident in Georgia’s history in which the
state legislator approved selling large portions of Georgia’s western territory for roughly 1 cent per acre in exchange for bribes to government officials.
ANSWER Yazoo Land Fraud
QUESTIONMain cash crop in Georgia and through
out the south through out most of the 1800’s.
ANSWER Cotton
QUESTIONCity that served as the capital of Georgia
between 1786 and 1804.
ANSWER Louisville
QUESTIONNickname given to the Us south’s cotton
industry because it was the basis of the region’s economy.
ANSWERKing Cotton- Cotton Kingdom
QUESTIONGeorgia congressman who played a key
role in getting Georgia to accept the Compromise of 1850. He was also a cooperationist who voted against secession at the State Convention in 1861. He eventually became vice president of the confederacy and served in that capacity through out the war.
ANSWERAlexander Stephens
QUESTIONGeorgia city that grew because it became
a major railroad hub during the mid 1800’s.
ANSWERAtlanta
QUESTIONMajor Native American tribe in Georgia.
They were prominent in the south and western Georgia, and were eventually forced of their land by the treaty on Indian Springs.
ANSWERThe Creeks
QUESTIONSigned between the Creeks and the state
of Georgia in 1825. It gave all, of the Creeks’ land to Georgia and made many Creeks very angry.
ANSWERTreaty of Indian Springs
QUESTIONMajor Native American in northern
Georgia; had their own written language and were eventually removed from their land, in part due to the discovery of gold. They ultimately were forced to march the Trail of Tears all the way to Oklahoma.
ANSWER The Cherokee
QUESTIONPolitical compromise reached in 1820 that
stated all new northern states would be free and all new southern sates would allow slaves. It also admitted Maine to the union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
ANSWERMissouri Compromise
QUESTIONCherokee that developed a syllabary that
allowed the Cherokee to have their own written language.
ANSWERSequoyah
QUESTIONChurches that had the most impact in
post-revolutionary Georgia due to their willingness to use new methods to reach people along the frontier.
ANSWERMethodist and Baptist
QUESTIONChief Justice of the Supreme court at the
time of Worchester vs. Georgia.
ANSWERJohn Marshall
QUESTIONFederal law that reignited the slavery
debate by allowing popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in the previously free territory of Georgia.
ANSWERKansas Nebraska Act
QUESTIONThe name given to the journey the
Cherokee were forced to take from Georgia and the Carolinas to Oklahoma it got its name because the Cherokee were forced to leave their homes and many died along the way.
ANSWERTrail of Tears
QUESTION The idea that states should be allowed to
settle most matters themselves. The power states have to govern what goes on inside their border.
ANSWERStates Rights
QUESTIONNew invention in 1739 that made the
process of harvesting cotton easier and led to cotton becoming the key cash crop in Georgia and throughout the South.
ANSWERCotton Gin
QUESTIONMade it easier and more efficient to ship
goods to port cities and other cities/states.
ANSWERRailroads
QUESTIONInstitution in which African Americans
were owned like property. It caused great division between the north, where the economy didn’t depend on slave labor, and the south, where it did.
ANSWERSlavery
QUESTION City that served as the capital of Georgia
between 1804-1868.
ANSWERMilledgeville
QUESTION Political compromise that admitted
California as a free state in 1850 and allowed other western territories to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty.
ANSWERCompromise of 1850
QUESTIONSupreme court case in which the court
ruled that Georgia Law doesn’t apply on Cherokee land. Although the Cherokee originally thought that it would allow them to keep their land it ultimately couldn’t prevent their forced removal.
ANSWERWorchester vs. Georgia
QUESTIONSupreme Court case in which the court
denied a slave named Dred Scott both his freedom and the right to sue. It also struck down the Missouri Compromise by stating that no state could deny a slave owner of his “property” with out due process.
ANSWER Dred Scott Case
QUESTIONThe new “country” formed by the
southern states that seceded.
ANSWERConfederate States of America
QUESTIONCreek chief who signed the Treaty of
Indian Springs. His actions so outraged many Creeks that some of them stabbed him to death and took his scalp.
ANSWERWilliam McIntosh
QUESTIONCircuit riders where associated with
whom?
ANSWER Methodists
QUESTIONEvents in which Georgians had the chance
to win the right to buy land from the state was known as…….
ANSWERLand Lotteries
QUESTIONAtlanta formed MAINLY as:
ANSWERA railroad hub
QUESTIONWhat is a statement that a secessionist
would most likely say……………
ANSWER“ The south must break away from the
union before the Federal Government rips away our rights.”
QUESTION What did president Andrew Jackson mean
when he said “John Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it.”
ANSWERHe would not act to ensure Georgia
respected the decision of the supreme court.
QUESTIONThe Georgia Platform was important
because it what?
ANSWER It stated that Georgia would not support
the Compromise of 1850, so long as the federal government did not outlaw slavery in the western territories.
QUESTIONWhat election most upset the Georgians?
ANSWERThe election of Abraham Lincoln