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Don't Sweat The Simple Stuff
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who won the Battle of Kettle Creek, and what did it do for them | Patriots won, it boosted their morale |
| Who won the Siege of Savannah, and what did it do for them | Loyalists won, very deadly, the British maintained control of Savannah at the end of the siege. |
| Under the AOC there was only legislative branch | |
| How did many feel about the Proclamation of 1763 | Immense anger |
| Purpose of the headright system | To attract new settlers and increase the population by offering free land |
| Purpose of the Yazoo land fraud | A massive real estate scandal where legislature sold many acres of western land to private companies at extremely low prices |
| Purpose of the Land Lotteries | Citizens could register to win land previously held by the native Cherokee people. |
| William McIntosh | Sold off his own tribe and got killed by the tribe for it |
| Andrew Jackson | Signed a treaty to get rid of Native Americans, led to Trail of Tears |
| John Marshal | As Chief Justice, he led the Court and wrote the decision, which deemed Georgia's laws against the Cherokee unconstitutional. |
| John Ross | He was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation and led the Cherokee resistance against removal but was not a judge in this case. |
| What did Worcester v. Georgia rule | Ruled that states could not make or enforce laws dealing with American Indian groups, reserving such authority for the federal government. |
| Compromise of 1850 | California, free state, compromise. As part of the compromise, the North agreed to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act |
| Dred Scott case | Dred Scott could not use for his freedom because he was not considered a citizen |
| Election of 1860 | When Abraham was elected, many southern states chose to secede |
| Georgia Platform | The Georgia Platform was a set of resolutions adopted on 1850, by a state convention in Georgia, accepting the Compromise of 1850 to preserve the Union, while threatening secession if the North took further action against slavery. |
| NUlification | South Carolina threatened to nullify two federal tariffs that could hurt the South's profits from cotton |
| Chickamauga | Large union defeat and was the second bloodiest |
| 13th | Slavery end |
| 14th | Citizenship |
| 15th | Voting rights |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Helps slaves get back on their feet |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Separate but equal |
| John Lewis | Chairman of SNCC |
| Maynard | First black mayor, expand international airport, financial center, distribution hub |
| Andrew Young | Brought billions of dollars of new investment to the city, which created many jobs in the area |
| Jimmy Carter | Old President |
| Who was in the bourbon triumvirate | oseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon |