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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| President Andrew Johnson's leniency with former Confederate officials' and his veto of legislation designed to provide civil rights and financial aid to former slaves, angered who? | The Radical Republicans |
| What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? | It allowed the slaves in Confedrate states to become free if the Confederate States did not stop fighting and rejoin the union. |
| What was so important about Savannah? | It was the first permanent settlement of the Georgia colony |
| What was the name of the famous document that served as a break ups letter between the American colonies and Great Britain? | The Declaration of Independence |
| What was the main idea of the Declaration of Independence? | To present King George the colonists' grievances and proclaim an ending of political ties |
| The North (Civil war times) was becoming an economy based on ________. | Industrial |
| The southern economy (Civil war times) was based on ___________. | Algicultural |
| During the 1800's,the south's most important cash crop was ____________. | Cotton |
| The idea that a state can declare a federal law invaild is called __________. | Nullification |
| The President who "betrayed" the south during the crisis of 1828 was ___________. | Andrew Jackson |
| How did Andersonville play a role in the Civil War? | It was a confederate prison that killed 12,912 union prisoners and the captain of the the prison was killed for war crimes. |
| For whom was the New World named? | |
| Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain | |
| What was Hernando De Soto searching for in Georgia? | GOLD!!! |
| What did James Oglethorpe do in Georgia? | Wanted to resettle Britain's worthy poor in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons. |
| What crop led to the use of indentured servants and slaves in the New World? | Tobacco |
| Why did England want establish colonies in North America? | Believed there was large amounts of gold, silver, and exotic foods in the New World. |
| What was slavery? | any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property |
| What was the Charter of 1732? | created strict guidelines for Georgia colonists and outlined the boundaries for the colony of Georgia. |
| Who is Dr. Samuel Nunes? | A Jewish doctor who helped save the colonists from Yellow Fever. |
| What is a Royal colony? | A colony set up and run directly by the British government in the 1600s and 1700s |
| What is a trustee colony? | a colony governed by trustees |
| What is the trustee period? | the name of the period covering the first twenty years of Georgia's history, from 1732-1752 |
| What is the proclamation of 1763? | order issued by King George III that moved Georgia's southern boundary to the St. Marys River; did not allow the colonist to move west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| What is the Declaration of Independence? | document that claimed the 13 colonies' independence from Great Britain |
| What is so important about the battle of kettle creek? | important battle for the Patriots; victory gained support from Georgia's who had not totally supported the war |
| What was the siege of Savannah? | battle that marked the first time American and French troops fought together; attack was unsuccessful for the American and French troops |
| What is the constitution? | supreme law of the U.S. - representatives are bound by written law that describes the rights of the people and the framework of government |
| What's important of the constitutional convection of 1787? | a meeting of men representing who represented the states where the U.S. Constitution was written |
| What does ratify mean | to approve or make valid— sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement). |
| What effect did railroads have on Georgia? | transportation invention of the early 1800s that connected different regions; built on rails; Many of Georgia's cities and towns were created due to this invention, including the city of Atlanta. |
| What does the 13th amendment do? | Made slavery illegal |
| What did the 14th amendment do? | Granted citizenship to the former slaves |
| What did the 15th amendment do? | Gave all freed man the right to vote |
| What is the name of the busiest airport in the world? | Hartsfield Jackson airport |
| Where is Georgia's deep water port that receives automobiles? | Brunswick |
| Where is Georgia's deep water port that receives cargo containers | Savannah |
| What do you call a near location of something, based on directions of the general area | |
| Relative location | |
| What do you call the exact location of something, shown with coordinates | Absolute Location |
| What was the French and Indian war? | Result of disputes between France and Great Britain that had been going on for almost 65 years |
| What was the Yazoo land fraud? | |
| What was a buffer colony? | One of three reasons for Georgia's founding; colony was to serve as a defensive buffer between Spanish Florida and the successful English colony of South Carolina. |
| How was the economics in the colonial period? | One of the three reasons for Georgia's founding. The English hoped that Georgia would be able to produce wine, rice, silk and indigo. |
| Who or what are the highland scotts? | known as some of the best fighters in Europe in the 1700s. James Oglethorpe brought a group to Georgia to serve as soldiers for the colony.The Highland Scots founded the town of Darien. |
| What was the purpose of the Mulberry tress? | Used in the production of silk. The silk wormswere placed on the trees and used the leaves as food. The Georgia colonists were required to set aside a portion of their land to grow the trees. |
| What were some of the technology back in the west expansion that benefit farmers? | |
| Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Midgeville, Atlanta | |
| What was the Headright system? | |
| Relative location | |
| Who was Mary Musgrove? | Creek Indian women who served as the translator for James Oglethorpe and Yamacraw Cheif Tomochichi |
| Cotton gil and Mechanical Reaper | |
| What were the 5 capitals of Georgia? (Hint:S.A.L.M.A) | |
| Head of family receives 200 acres, and 50 acres for each family member (distributes) Max 1000 acres. Land is taken from Indians l | |
| massive real-estate fraud perpetrated, in the mid-1790s, by the Georgia General Assembly. | |
| Who were the Mississippians? | -Lived in the southern US -relied on maize, squash, nuts, pumpkins, venison |
| What was the reason for the BRITISH settlement? | Mercantilism |
| What was or were the Yeomen farmers | A free man who owned his land, usually small farms and usually with no slaves;Trustees hope that the Georgia colonists would meet these qualifications |
| What was the battle of bloody marsh? | The decisive battle during the War of Jenkins Ear where the Georgia colonist stopped a Spanish invasion of St.Simmons Island. After this battle Spain never physically attacked Georgia again. |
| Who were the salzburgers? | A group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe ; established by the town of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonist. |
| What was the war of Jerkins Ear? | A conflict between England and Spain between England and Spain over naval rights. The war was named after Captain Robert Jenkins who had his ear cut off by the Spanish and showed severed ear to the British Parliament. The worldwide conflict made its way t |
| What was the Compromise of 1850? | Which California allowed to join as a free state and Fugitive slave act was part of the compromise |
| What is popular sovereignty? | Voting to make a decision |
| What is the Georgia Platform? | A statement supporting the Compromise of 1850 written by man from GA. |
| What allowed for citizens in affected territories the right to vote on the issue of slavery? | Kansas-Nebraska act |
| What was the purpose of the Anaconda act? | Cut off southern trade |
| What was the Dred Scott decision? | |
| The supreme court case that said slaves were property and could not fine a lawsuit | |
| What was it called the period before the civil war? | |
| antebellum | |
| What was the Missouri compromise? | Under this legislation, Maine entered the Union as a free state and Missouri entered as a slave state. This also stipulated that slavery would not be allowed north of Missouri's southern border. |
| What's so important about the election of 1860? | In this presidential election, Abraham Lincoln won despite not receiving a single electoral vote from the South. |
| Who is Alexander Stephens? | Despite his strong support for Georgia to remain in the Union, once Georgia seceded, this man still became the vice president of the Confederate States of America. |
| What is a abolitionist? | Anti-slavery activists who demanded the immediate end of slavery. |
| What's uncle Tom's cabin? | written by harriet beecher stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict. |
| What's important of the battle of chickmauga? | this battle was important because it was over a southern railroad center; This battle also resulted in a Confederate victory. |
| Henry clay? | The Great Compromiser |
| Who's John Brown? | An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory |
| The republican party? | The party of Lincoln that united against the spread of slavery. |
| Immediately following the civil war, which group in congress opposed Lincoln plan for reconstruction? | The Radical Republicans |
| The radical republican plan for reconstruction was meant to? | Punish the south for civil war. |
| Immediately following the civil war and during the reconstruction, the intent of the KKK was to? | Prevent blacks from voting |
| For what reason was Georgia placed under military occupation for a third time in 1868? | Because of the KKK |
| Southern democrat who professed they had saved the south from the North's reconstruction policies were known as? | Redeemers |
| Register blacks to vote help the former slaves help poor southern whites These statements describe the goals of which organization? | Freedman's Bureau |
| Following the civil war, most freedmen in the south made their livings as? | Sharecroppers |
| Which statement does not correctly describe the life of a sharecropper? | They were paid a small salary for the work they did |
| Which statement accurately describes Abraham Lincoln plan for reconstruction? | Consisted of a few steps and was meant to be completed quickly |
| During presidential reconstruction, the system of "renting" those convicted of crimes to private companies for labor known as? | Convict lease system |
| The public school system in Georgia was the result of laws passed during? | Reconstruction |
| Upon its founding, who led the Freedmen's bureau? | Oliver O Howard |
| Immediately following the civil war, there was a concerted effort by southern whites to maintain? | White supremacy |
| Which statement best describes the most important difference between the reconstruction plans of president Lincoln and the radical congress? | The congressional plan treated the southern states like conquered provinces requiring congress to monitor their treatment of freemen |
| Who were the cherokee indians? | Native American tribe that lived in northwestern Georgia; forcefully removed from the state in the early 1830s |
| Who were the creek Indians? | Native American tribe that lived in southern Georgia; was removed from the state through treaties in the 1820s. |
| What happened in the Dahlonega Gold Rush? | Site of America's first gold rush in 1828; discovery of gold in the area was a factor in Cherokee removal |
| What's the Indian removal act of 1830? | act signed into law by Andrew Jackson that required the removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole to Indian Territory. |
| Who's John Marshall? | Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester vs. Georgia case; President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Supreme Court's ruling. |
| Who's Alexander McGillivray? | Creek chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs. Additionally, Chief Alexander McGillivray signed a deal with the U.S. Government that gave him a commission in the U.S. army along with trading rights. |
| Who is William McIntosh | Creek chief who illegally signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs; was murdered by his tribesmen for this action. |
| Who's John Ross | Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians who tried to use legal means to fight against removal. |
| Who's sequoyah? | George Gist, inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary. |
| What's the trails of tears? | final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838; over 4,000 people died on the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma. |
| What's the treaty of Indian springs? | An 1821 treaty signed by the Creek Indians and the United States that forced the Creek Nation to cede all of its lands east of the Flint River in Georgia. |
| What's the treaty of new echota? | a treaty between the U.S. Government and a minority representation of the Cherokee tribe that ceded all Cherokee land in the Southeast to the United States and allowed for their move to Indian territory (Oklahoma); three of the Cherokee signers of the tre |
| Worcester vs. Georgia? | landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States. However, Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Court's decision and the Cherokee were later removed from Georgia. |
| Who was George Washington? | 1st president of the USA and general during the American revolutionary war |
| Who won the American revolutionary war? | Patriots (USA) |
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