CHAPTER 4 REVIEW GAME

Sydney Singleton and Emily Cranney

QUESTION

Events in which Georgians could

“gamble” for land. Winners could purchase acres of land from the

state government.

ANSWER

Land Lotteries

QUESTION

Republican president, elected in 1860. He apposed slavery in the new territories upsetting southern leaders. His election inspired South Carolina, Georgia, and a number of other southern states to succeed from the Union.

ANSWER

Abraham Lincoln

QUESTION

Statement issued by Georgia’s government, when it elected to support the Compromise of 1850. It stated that, while the state supported the compromise, it would not hesitate to resist any effort by congress to outlaw slavery in the new territories.

ANSWER

Georgia Platform

QUESTION

System in which white males considered to be

the heads of families were entitled to purchase a certain amount of land with the understanding that they would settle it within a few months and

make it productive.

ANSWER

Head Right System

QUESTION

Factories that began to open in the south where cotton is used to produce finished

products.

ANSWER

Textile Mills

QUESTION Georgia’s first state university, first

charted, and state-supported university in the nation.

ANSWERUGA

QUESTION Cherokee chief who served as head of

the Cherokee Nation. He served as chief even through the Cherokees march to Oklahoma

ANSWERJohn Ross

QUESTIONThe belief that states have the right to

ignore (nullify) any federal law they believe violates the Constitution.

ANSWERDoctrine of Nullification

QUESTION Episode in which gold was discovered in

parts of Northern Georgia.

ANSWERGold Rush of 1829

QUESTIONPresident of the US at the time of

Worchester vs. Georgia. He supported Indian removal and would not come to the Cherokee’s aid. His unwillingness to help the tribe eventually led to the Trail of Tears.

ANSWERAndrew Jackson

QUESTIONIncident in Georgia’s history in which the

state legislator approved selling large portions of Georgia’s western territory for roughly 1 cent per acre in exchange for bribes to government officials.

ANSWER Yazoo Land Fraud

QUESTIONMain cash crop in Georgia and through

out the south through out most of the 1800’s.

ANSWER Cotton

QUESTIONCity that served as the capital of Georgia

between 1786 and 1804.

ANSWER Louisville

QUESTIONNickname given to the Us south’s cotton

industry because it was the basis of the region’s economy.

ANSWERKing Cotton- Cotton Kingdom

QUESTIONGeorgia congressman who played a key

role in getting Georgia to accept the Compromise of 1850. He was also a cooperationist who voted against secession at the State Convention in 1861. He eventually became vice president of the confederacy and served in that capacity through out the war.

ANSWERAlexander Stephens

QUESTIONGeorgia city that grew because it became

a major railroad hub during the mid 1800’s.

ANSWERAtlanta

QUESTIONMajor Native American tribe in Georgia.

They were prominent in the south and western Georgia, and were eventually forced of their land by the treaty on Indian Springs.

ANSWERThe Creeks

QUESTIONSigned between the Creeks and the state

of Georgia in 1825. It gave all, of the Creeks’ land to Georgia and made many Creeks very angry.

ANSWERTreaty of Indian Springs

QUESTIONMajor Native American in northern

Georgia; had their own written language and were eventually removed from their land, in part due to the discovery of gold. They ultimately were forced to march the Trail of Tears all the way to Oklahoma.

ANSWER The Cherokee

QUESTIONPolitical compromise reached in 1820 that

stated all new northern states would be free and all new southern sates would allow slaves. It also admitted Maine to the union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

ANSWERMissouri Compromise

QUESTIONCherokee that developed a syllabary that

allowed the Cherokee to have their own written language.

ANSWERSequoyah

QUESTIONChurches that had the most impact in

post-revolutionary Georgia due to their willingness to use new methods to reach people along the frontier.

ANSWERMethodist and Baptist

QUESTIONChief Justice of the Supreme court at the

time of Worchester vs. Georgia.

ANSWERJohn Marshall

QUESTIONFederal law that reignited the slavery

debate by allowing popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in the previously free territory of Georgia.

ANSWERKansas Nebraska Act

QUESTIONThe name given to the journey the

Cherokee were forced to take from Georgia and the Carolinas to Oklahoma it got its name because the Cherokee were forced to leave their homes and many died along the way.

ANSWERTrail of Tears

QUESTION The idea that states should be allowed to

settle most matters themselves. The power states have to govern what goes on inside their border.

ANSWERStates Rights

QUESTIONNew invention in 1739 that made the

process of harvesting cotton easier and led to cotton becoming the key cash crop in Georgia and throughout the South.

ANSWERCotton Gin

QUESTIONMade it easier and more efficient to ship

goods to port cities and other cities/states.

ANSWERRailroads

QUESTIONInstitution in which African Americans

were owned like property. It caused great division between the north, where the economy didn’t depend on slave labor, and the south, where it did.

ANSWERSlavery

QUESTION City that served as the capital of Georgia

between 1804-1868.

ANSWERMilledgeville

QUESTION Political compromise that admitted

California as a free state in 1850 and allowed other western territories to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty.

ANSWERCompromise of 1850

QUESTIONSupreme court case in which the court

ruled that Georgia Law doesn’t apply on Cherokee land. Although the Cherokee originally thought that it would allow them to keep their land it ultimately couldn’t prevent their forced removal.

ANSWERWorchester vs. Georgia

QUESTIONSupreme Court case in which the court

denied a slave named Dred Scott both his freedom and the right to sue. It also struck down the Missouri Compromise by stating that no state could deny a slave owner of his “property” with out due process.

ANSWER Dred Scott Case

QUESTIONThe new “country” formed by the

southern states that seceded.

ANSWERConfederate States of America

QUESTIONCreek chief who signed the Treaty of

Indian Springs. His actions so outraged many Creeks that some of them stabbed him to death and took his scalp.

ANSWERWilliam McIntosh

QUESTIONCircuit riders where associated with

whom?

ANSWER Methodists

QUESTIONEvents in which Georgians had the chance

to win the right to buy land from the state was known as…….

ANSWERLand Lotteries

QUESTIONAtlanta formed MAINLY as:

ANSWERA railroad hub

QUESTIONWhat is a statement that a secessionist

would most likely say……………

ANSWER“ The south must break away from the

union before the Federal Government rips away our rights.”

QUESTION What did president Andrew Jackson mean

when he said “John Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it.”

ANSWERHe would not act to ensure Georgia

respected the decision of the supreme court.

QUESTIONThe Georgia Platform was important

because it what?

ANSWER It stated that Georgia would not support

the Compromise of 1850, so long as the federal government did not outlaw slavery in the western territories.

QUESTIONWhat election most upset the Georgians?

ANSWERThe election of Abraham Lincoln