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. ___________________________________________________________________
   

2. 
   II-b. - The first method to give away land in Georgia was the ___________________________.
   

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3. 
   III-a. – What was the word used to describe Georgia’s frontier? __________________________
   
4. 
   III – b. Georgia’s first capital was __________________ and then it was moved to ________________ in 1785.
   
5. 
   III – b. Why did Georgia’s leaders want to move the capital? ________________________________
   
6. 
   What was Georgia’s 3^rd capital?_______________________ What was the 4^th? __________________
   

7. 
   What was the Yazoo Land Fraud? ________________________________________________________
   

8. 
   What land was involved in the fraud? __________________________________________________
   
9. 
   What became Georgia’s western boundary after the fraud? __________________________________
   

10. 
    When did Georgia use the headright system? ________________________________
    
11. 
    What land was given away through the headright system? ___________________________
    
12. 
    Who could participate in the land lottery? _________________________________________________
    

13. 
    What land was given away through the land lottery? _________________________________________
    
14. 
    When did GA use the land lottery? _______________________________________________________
    

15. 
    What were the two main religious denominations in GA between 1789 and 1840? __________________________________
    
16. 
    The University of Georgia was chartered in 1785 as a land grant university. What is a land grant university? _________________________________________________
    

17. 
    Who invented the cotton gin?________________________
    
18. 
    What did the cotton gin do? ____________________________________________________________
    
19. 
    How did the cotton gin change the south’s way of life? _______________________________________
    

20. 
    Why was the cotton gin such an important invention? ________________________________________
    

Assignment: Railroads Outline

21. 
    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) ____________________________________
    
22. 
    What was the major downside of shipping goods on barges down river? ________________________________________________________________________________
    
23. 
    Why would officials in Augusta not allow a rail line to come there from South Carolina? Read Section IV-c. ______________________________________________________________________________
    
24. 
    What river did inland farmers need to make sure their cotton got to for market? Section II-a __________________________________
    
25. 
    What two natural features helped Augusta become an important city? Section II-b. ___________________________________________________
    

Central of Georgia - ___________________________________________

Georgia Railroad - ____________________________________________

Western and Atlantic - ____________________________________________

26. 
    What were the first two names of Atlanta? V-c,e____________________________________________
    

27. 
    What was Sequoyah’s contribution to the Cherokee culture? __________________________________
    
28. 
    Because of Sequoyah’s syllabary, the Cherokee were the ____________________________________ to have their language in written form.
    
29. 
    Who was the last Creek chief in Georgia? Section II. _________________________________________
    
30. 
    What treaty did that chief sign that got the Creek out of Georgia?
    

31. 
    What treaty was signed by chief Alexander McGillivray? Section I - ____________________________
    
32. 
    What lands were given up in the treaty signed by chief McGillivray?
    

33. 
    Make sure you know the five reasons why the Cherokee were considered the most civilized of the 5 eastern tribes. (Section III.)
    
34. 
    When and where was Georgia’s first gold rush? _____________________________________________
    
35. 
    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? _______________________________
    
36. 
    What federal legislation enabled Georgia to push the Indians out of Georgia and take their land? ____________________________________________________
    
37. 
    What was the name of the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to the Indian territory?
    

38. 
    Indian territory was located in the state of ____________________________.