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final flash cards
Summerour middle school 8th grade 2017
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what role did Andersonville pay in the civil war? | It was a confederate prison camp |
| what caused may people to die in Andersonville? | poor prison conditions and diseases |
| what did the 13th amendment to the us constitution do? | abolished slavery |
| what did the 14th amendment to the us constitution do? | made slaves citizens |
| what did the 15th amendment to the us Constitution do? | gave black men the right to vote |
| who was the captain in charge of Andersonville? | Captain Henry wirtz |
| What happened to the captain in charge of Andersonville ? | He was executed |
| who would have l;east supported radical republican? | a member of the KKK |
| what was the purpose of the KKK? | to prevent blacks from voting |
| describe the Georgia platform | a statement supporting the free state of California as long as the fugitive slave act was enforced in the north |
| during which phase of reconstruction was the 14th amendment created? | presidential reconstruction |
| describe the 14th amendments cause? | the practice of adopting laws such as codes which restricted the rights of blacks freedom |
| what was the bloodiest battle of the civil war? | Gettysburg |
| what was the second bloodiest battle of the civil war? | chickimauga |
| who came to the aid of northern troops? | Ulysses s, grant |
| what was the most devastating thing to occur to the south ?economy during the war | the anaconda plan |
| How did the anaconda plan work? | the union ships blocked all southern ports making it impossible to trade |
| what is reconstruction? | rebuilding or redoing something |
| what is a tenant farmer? | a farmer who own their own equipment and does not have to give much to the landowner |
| what were the two major campaigns fought in the civil war? | Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea campaign |
| what part of the states rights argument said that states din not have to follow federal laws if they didn't want to? | nullification |
| why were black legislatures expelled from the Georgia house and senate after their elections in 1868? | they had the right to vote not to hold office |
| What was the purpose of the fugitive slave act? | It required runaway slaves to return to their owners. |
| what were some causes of the civil war? | states rights, sectionalism, and slavery |
| In the Kansas Nebraska act what was used to decide the slavery issue? | voting (popular sovereignty) |
| who wanted to punish the south for their role in the civil war? | radical republicans |
| after the war who wanted to preserve the southern way of life even if it meant violence? | the KKK |
| which event lead to a special legislative secession in Georgia to consider leaving the union? | Lincolns presidential election of 1860 |
| did the emancipation proclamation free all us slaves? | no only the ones in the confederate states |
| was representation i the u.s house of representatives an underlying cause of the war? | no |
| who was the translator essential to negotiations in the founding of the Ga colony | Mary musgrove |
| which English system was Oglethorpe active in bringing reforms about | prison system |
| with which yamacraw chief did Oglethorpe negotiate for the site to begin the GA colony? | Tomochichi |
| what was Oglethorpe original intention for the colony of Ga to be? | A debtor colony |
| what was the name of the 1742 battle between the English and Spanish colonist at st. Simmons island? | battle of the bloody marsh |
| who established the city of Ebeneezer and new Ebeneezer? | German saltzburgers |
| When the GA colony was established which religious group was not allowed to settle in it ? | Catholics |
| what ship did Oglethorpe come to in on the travel to the new world? | the ann |
| why did Georgia begin to prosper after becoming a royal colony? | the ban on slavery was lifted |
| who was the first Spanish conquistador to find Georgia? | Hernando de soto |
| what animals did Hernado de Soto bring along to the new world with him? | dogs |
| what name did the Spanish call the coastal region of Georgia ? | Guale |
| what group of colonists paid for their passage to the new world by working for 4-7 years? | indentured servants |
| why did Spain want to colonize the new world? | the 3 Gs |
| who did the charter of 1732 give the authority to manage the new colony of Ga? | 21 trustees |
| why were early Ga colonist required to plant mulberry trees? | to establish the silk industry in Ga |
| what was the salzburgers main motivation to come to Ga? | religious freedom? |
| what was one reason the colonist were dissatisfied with the policies of the trustees? | they could not own slaves |
| what was the significance of the battle of bloody marsh ? | the Spanish threat to British colonies was ended |
| Georgia was a charter colony for how long ? | 21 |
| who was George Walton? | one of the three Georgian signers of the declaration of independence |
| which signer of the DOI started out as a minester then a doctor before becoming a politician? | Lyman hall |
| what attempted to end the British control of Savannah? | the siege of Savannah |
| who was Lyman hall? | one of the three signers of the DOI |
| what document stated, "all men are created equal"? | the declaration of independence |
| who was trained as British ,military offices then went to fight against the king of England? | George Washington |
| what was the nae of the document the colonies used to govern themselves after they declared independence? | articles of confederation |
| why did the king issue the proclamation of 1763? | Britain was broke after the french and Indian war |
| what were the colonist who wanted freedom from great Britain known as? | patriots |
| what was the name of the document that forbid settlers o go beyond the Appalachian mountains ? | the proclamation of 1763 |
| what was considered poorly written set of rules for governing a country and GA to be replaced? | the articled of confederation |
| who was button gwinnett? | one of the signers of the DOI |
| what did the 1765 stamp act do? | placed a tax on all printed materials |
| when did George Washington build fort necessity? | during the french and Indian war |
| in what part of the declaration is it written, " all me n are created equal"? | the preamble |
| which signer of the DOI died in a duel? | button gwinnett |
| who was the only Georgian to show up to the second continental congress? | Lyman hall |
| what was the purpose of the intolerable acts? | to punish the colonies for acts of violence like the Boston tea party |
| the signer of the DOI with the most prosperous political career? | George Walton |
| the proclamation of 1763 established what as the southern boundary of Georgia? | st. Marys river |
| what does s.a.l.m.a stand for? | Savannah,Augusta, Louisville, midgeville, Atlanta |
| the university of Georgia was what ? | a university that let low income students attend colelge |
| what Cherokee chiefs wife died on the trail of tears? | John Ross |
| Sequoya never learned to do what ? | learn the English language |
| what scandal took place when GAs governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers? | yazoo land fraud |
| what was the most significant mechanical invention to effect GAs economy i the early 1800s? | the cotton gin |
| at which state capital were the record of the yazoo land fraud burned? | Louisville |
| what was the purpose of the head right system? | it distributed creek lands to new white settlers |
| what was the correlation between cotton production and the growth of slavery? | as cotton production increased so did slavery |
| in the mid 1800s what was Georgia's main railroad company? | the western Atlantic railroad |
| what two GA cities were the capital of the late 1700s? | Augusta and Louisville |
| what is a land grant university? | the land for the university was donated by the federal government |
| what was the name of the first native american news paper? | the Cherokee phoenix |
| where was the permanent cherokee capital located? | New echo ta Georgia |
| what discovery on Cherokee land led to their final removal from GA? | gold in Dalonega |
| what name was given to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia ? | the trail of tears |
| what congressional legislation allowed Georgia to push the creek and Cherokee out of the state? | the Indian removal act of 1830 |
| what was the western boundary of the Louisiana purchase? | the rocky mountains |
| what states was the Cherokee nation located? | North Carolina Tennessee Alabama and Georgia |
| the university of Georgia is the oldest.... | land grant college in the nation |
| what interstate in Georgia runs primarily easy and west? | I-20 |
| what interstate circles the city of Atlanta? | I-285 or the perimeter |
| what are the states two deep water ports? | Savannah and Brunswick |
| how can you determine interstate highways that run east and west? | they end in an even number |
| what interstate cuts through the city of Atlanta diagonally from the northeast to the southwest side if the city? | I-85 |
| who were the people who took land from the Spanish and conquered present day us? | british |
| the Spanish christian catholic locations? | the Spanish missions |
| Portuguese explorer who sailed from Europe to the pacific ocean without crossing land? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| what was the purpose of the Spanish missions? | for the christian Spaniards to spread their religion |
| what was a middleman? | a trader who buys goods and sells them to other traders and consumers |
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