SS8H5 test study guide



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SS8H5 test study guide

Name: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Use the specific assignment to answer the questions for each topic.

Assignment: Growth and Prosperity Outline



  1. What were the 2 reasons state officials wanted more people to move into Georgia after the Revolution? Look in section I-c. ___________________________________________________________________

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  1. II-b. - The first method to give away land in Georgia was the ___________________________.

Give 3 facts about this land distribution system.

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  1. III-a. – What was the word used to describe Georgia’s frontier? __________________________

  2. III – b. Georgia’s first capital was __________________ and then it was moved to ________________ in 1785.

  3. III – b. Why did Georgia’s leaders want to move the capital? ________________________________

  4. What was Georgia’s 3rd capital?_______________________ What was the 4th? __________________

Assignment: Yazoo Land Fraud questions

  1. What was the Yazoo Land Fraud? ________________________________________________________

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  1. What land was involved in the fraud? __________________________________________________

  2. What became Georgia’s western boundary after the fraud? __________________________________

Assignment: Headright/Land lottery t-chart

  1. When did Georgia use the headright system? ________________________________

  2. What land was given away through the headright system? ___________________________

  3. Who could participate in the land lottery? _________________________________________________

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  1. What land was given away through the land lottery? _________________________________________

  2. When did GA use the land lottery? _______________________________________________________

Assignment: Religion/Education questions

  1. What were the two main religious denominations in GA between 1789 and 1840? __________________________________

  2. The University of Georgia was chartered in 1785 as a land grant university. What is a land grant university? _________________________________________________

Assignment: Cotton Gin organizer (5w’s and an H)

  1. Who invented the cotton gin?________________________

  2. What did the cotton gin do? ____________________________________________________________

  3. How did the cotton gin change the south’s way of life? _______________________________________

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  1. Why was the cotton gin such an important invention? ________________________________________

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Assignment: Railroads Outline



  1. Before railroads were available, freight was transported long distances to markets by what two methods? (Hint: One is by land and one is by water) ____________________________________

  2. What was the major downside of shipping goods on barges down river? ________________________________________________________________________________

  3. Why would officials in Augusta not allow a rail line to come there from South Carolina? Read Section IV-c. ______________________________________________________________________________

  4. What river did inland farmers need to make sure their cotton got to for market? Section II-a __________________________________

  5. What two natural features helped Augusta become an important city? Section II-b. ___________________________________________________

Beside each railroad name, write the city/cities the railroad went through.

Central of Georgia - ___________________________________________

Georgia Railroad - ____________________________________________

Western and Atlantic - ____________________________________________



Atlanta and West Point - ____________________________________________

  1. What were the first two names of Atlanta? V-c,e____________________________________________

Assignments: Sequoyah facts and Creek/Cherokee outline

  1. What was Sequoyah’s contribution to the Cherokee culture? __________________________________

  2. Because of Sequoyah’s syllabary, the Cherokee were the ____________________________________ to have their language in written form.

  3. Who was the last Creek chief in Georgia? Section II. _________________________________________

  4. What treaty did that chief sign that got the Creek out of Georgia?

Section II______________________________

  1. What treaty was signed by chief Alexander McGillivray? Section I - ____________________________

  2. What lands were given up in the treaty signed by chief McGillivray?

Section I___________________________________________________________________

  1. Make sure you know the five reasons why the Cherokee were considered the most civilized of the 5 eastern tribes. (Section III.)

  2. When and where was Georgia’s first gold rush? _____________________________________________

  3. Who was president in 1829 and had used the Cherokee and White Sticks to fight the Red sticks, but did not help them when white voters wanted them removed? _______________________________

  4. What federal legislation enabled Georgia to push the Indians out of Georgia and take their land? ____________________________________________________

  5. What was the name of the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to the Indian territory?

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  1. Indian territory was located in the state of ____________________________.


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