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Western Expansion.
for quiz, compiled notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| count taken every 10 years by gov | census |
| purchase by Jefferson doubled US size | Louisiana Purchase 1803 |
| Of Lewis and Clark, who spent time in GA | Lewis |
| belief that US should extend from Atlantic to Pacific | manifest destiny |
| GA cap moved several times, why? | to be central tot he population |
| two Indian tribes had land taken | Creek and Cherokee |
| land distribution to oldest white males | headright system |
| land distribution system through lottery | land lottery |
| name of illegal selling of land | Yazoo land fraud |
| Yazoo Land Fraud sold land to these men | land speculators |
| 3rd cap | Louisville |
| invention that harvested wheat 7x faster than hand | mechanical reaper |
| who invented reaper? | Cyrus McCormick |
| who invented cotton gin | Eli Whitney |
| issues cotton gin caused | slavery and land ownership |
| payment to put name in lottery | $4 |
| used to create roads for GA | Indian paths or trail |
| rectangular barge carried cotton down rivers | Oconee boxes |
| used to create hydropower | fall line waterfalls |
| railroad became very important to GA during this time | Western and Atlantic |
| earliest name for Atlanta | Terminus |
| cities found along Fall line | Augusta, Macon, Columbus |
| what ran south towards ocean of gulf of mexico? | rivers |
| road with a toll, and a gate on a pike in the road | turnpike |
| three PLANNED cities on fall line | Macon, Columbus, Milledgeville |
| Yazoo land fraud, which river became western border | Chattahoochee |
| people who won land in lottery | fortunate drawers |
| Atlanta was known as this | gate city |
| 4th cap | Milledgeville |
| year of first census | 1790 |
| method of transport, allowed goods and people to travel up/down rivers | steamship |
| first land grant university in US | UGA |
| UGA's first name | Franklin College |
| UGA's first mascot | goat |
| doctor who first used anesthesia | Crawford Long |
| stopped producing rice and indigo and began producing | cotton, tobacco, corn |
| state with first regular passenger train service | SC |
| how much GA got for land west of Chattahoochee | 1.25 million |
| land that belongs to state or fed gov? | public domain |
| what Jefferson wanted to buy from French | Port of New Orleans |
| main river that connects backcountry to ocean in 1700s | Mississippi |
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