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Final Exam Review
Question | Answer |
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What was the goal of the south during the Civil War ? | Their goal was to fight until the North got tired. |
What occurred in Fort Sumter ? | It was the first battle of the Civil War. |
What was the Anaconda Plan ? | It was where the Union had blockade southern ports. |
Who was Jefferson Davis ? | He was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States. |
What was the Battle of Chickamauga ? | It is the second bloodiest battle fought in the civil war. The North was trying to penetrate the deep south where the goods and manufacturing were produced. |
What is Nullification ? | The act of cancelling something. |
What is the 13th amendment ? | Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. |
What is the 14th amendment ? | It gave black males citizenship. |
What is the 15th amendment ? | Black males could be able to vote. |
What is Ku Klux Klan ? | An organization that was against blacks from voting. |
What did the Compromise of 1850 do ? | California had entered the union as a free state. Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. |
Dred Scott Case ? | The court did not want to give Dred Scott his freedom because he was a slave. |
What is slavery ? | The state of being a slave. |
Freedmen's Bureau ? | An agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education. |
Andersonville ? | A Confederate prison that caught Union prisoners. |
What was Sherman's Atlanta Campaign ? | A series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia. |
What happened at Sherman's March to the Sea ? | Everything got burned or destroyed in Savannah . |
What is the Emancipation Proclamation ? | Freed man that were in the Confederate territory and it did not free any of them in the border states. |
What is the Johnson Reconstruction ? | It gave the white South a free hand in regulating the transition from slavery to freedom and offered no role to blacks in the politics of the south. |
Who was Robert E .Lee ? | Was a General that over took John Brown at the Harpers Fairy. |
Who was Abraham Lincoln ? | An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. |
Who were the copperheads ? | Were a vocal faction of Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted peace with the Confederacy. |
Final Virginia Campaign ? | It was a final blow to the Confederacy and made Robert E. Lee surrender. |
What was the Union Blockade ? | It was made to upstruct all revenue and goods either importing or exporting. They were cutting off Confederacy supplies. |
1864 Electon ? | Abraham Lincoln vs. George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln won the election. |
Who were the confederate generals ? | "Stonewall" Jackson, George Pickett, James Longstreet, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Jeb Stuart. |
What happened at the Battle of Vicksburg ? | Confederate and Union troops came to Vicksburg and the ones who were under Ulysses S. Grant command had cut the South in half. |
What is Sectionalism ? | Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. |
Who was Alexander Stephens ? | He was vice president of the Confederacy and helped write the Georgia Platform showing support for the Compromise of 1850. |
What was the result of the Civil War ? | It was the end of sectionalism and the end of slavery. |
What does S.A.L.M.A stand for ? | Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta. |
On the Trail of Tears, which Cherokee chief's wife died ? | Chief John Ross. |
What was a negative result of the Yazoo land fraud ? | Georgia lost lots of land from the west. |
The University of Georgia let what to happen ? | They led low income students attend the college. |
Who wrote the Syllabary ? | George Gist (Sequoyah) |
What was the Headright System about in Georgia ? | It gave Creek lands to white settlers. |
The Cherokee Phoenix was what ? | It was the name of the first Native American newspaper. |
What was the Cherokee's permanent capital located ? | New Echota, Georgia |
What was the Trail of Tears ? | It was the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia. |
What was the land lottery ? | It had replaced the Headright system to distribute public land in Georgia. |
Land Grant University ? | It was land for the university that was donated by the federal government. |
What was in Dahlonega, Ga ? | Gold. |
What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ? | Law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. |
Which capital of Georgia was all the records of the Yazoo Act burned ? | Louisville |
Why did Georgia lose land that was west of the Chattahoochee River ? | Because of the Yazoo Land Fraud. |
What two Ga cities were capitals in the late 1700s ? | Augusta and Louisville |
Why did Sequoyah write the Syllabary ? | So that the Cherokee could have a written language. |
Where were the states of the Cherokee Nation located ? | North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. |
In which state were the Indian reserves ? | Oklahoma |
What Creek chief signed the Treaty of New York ? | Chief Alexander McGillivary |
Who was George Walton ? | Was one of the three Georgians that had signed the Declaration of Independence. |
What document declared "All men are created equal" ? | Declaration of Independence |
What is the Articles of Confederation ? | A document that the colonies used to govern themselves after they declared independence. |
Who were the Patriots ? | They were colonists who wanted freedom from Great Britain. |
What did he Proclamation of 1763 do ? | It forbade the settlers from going west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
What is Paul Revere known for ? | Horse riding to go tell that the British were coming and the Boston Massacre Propaganda. |
What did the Stamp Act of 1765 do ? | It placed a tax on the sale of all the printed materials. |
What is the Preamble ? | The introduction of the DOI. |
Who were the 3 Georgians to sign the DOl ? | Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton |
What are grievances ? | A real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment. |
What were the people called who remained loyal to the King ? | Loyalist or Tories |
What happened at Kettle Creek ? | It was the Patriots first victory in Ga during the war. |
Who was the main author of the DOI ? | Thomas Jefferson |
What is a military siege ? | When military troops surround the enemy and not allow anyone or anything in or out of the enemies position making them wanna surrender. |
Who won the American Revolutionary War ? | The patriots won the war. |
What was the DOI ? | It is a break up letter between the colonist and the King of England. |
What was a negative effect of the French and Indian war ? | It gave Great Britain to become in debt and was making the colonies to pay taxes. |
What Acts lead to the war ? | The Intolerable Act, The Quartering Act, The Sugar Act, The Tea Act, and The Stamp Act. |
What created the Western boundary of Georgia ? | Proclamation of 1763 |
Who was George Washington ? | He was the leader of the Patriots and was declared as the first president of the United States. |
What affect did did Hernando De Soto new world expedition have on Native Americans ? | Many of the Native Americans had lost their lives. |
Who discovered Georgia ? | James Oglethorpe |
Why did Hernando De Soto come to the New World ? | 3G's (Gold, Glory, & God) |
Where is Hernando De Soto from ? | Spain |
Hernando De Soto discovered which region of the U.S ? | Southeast |
What are the 4 major interstate highways of Georgia ? | I-20, I-75, I-85, I-95 |
What are the two Georgia deepwater ports ? | Savannah and Burnswick |
What is one of the busiest airports in the world ? | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
What interstate highway does NOT go through Atlanta ? | I-95 |
What transportation on land can carry lots of cargo ? | trains/railroads |
What did the Trustees of Georgia do with the rules that the King set ? | They had passed regulations and not laws. |
What is Mercantilism? | Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. |
During the charter period, who was Georgia governed by ? | 21 trustees |
How long was Georgia a charter colony ? | 20 years |
When James Oglethorpe came to Georgia, what was the first thing he needed to do ? | Become friends with the chief of the Yamacraw (Tomochichi). |
What did the King do to set rules to the Trustees? | They had passed regulations, not laws. |
Why did Trustees not let blacks in Georgia ? | They wanted to avoid slavery. |
What was the name that the spanish gave to the Georgia coast ? | Guale |
Who was the first royal governor of Georgia ? | John Reynolds |
What was the first city that Great Britain established ? | Savannah |
Who was the translator for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi ? | Mary Musgrove |
Who was the Chief of the Yamacraws ? | Tomochichi |
What religious group was not allowed in Georgia ? | Catholics |
Where did Spain established many Catholic missions ? | Georgia coast and barrier islands |
James Oglethorpe wanted what to get a new start ? | England |
Why was mulberry trees such a big thing to Georgia colonist ? | They wanted to create a silk industry. |
Who was Ebenezer established by ? | Salzburgers |
Which was the last royal governor of Georgia ? | James Wright |
Why did the Salzburgers come to Georgia ? | They mainly came for religious freedom. |
Why did England want to stay permanently in Georgia ? | Wanted to strengthen economy by mercantilism. |